mele

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UK/ˈmeɪleɪ/

noun

A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.

OriginHawaiian mele →
UncommonFirst used 19th c.Scrabble 6
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Meanings

mele1

nounmele (plural mele or meles)

plural meles

  1. A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.First known use 19th c.

    Lili‘u set to work assisting Fornander by translating mele and legends for him.

    2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 49

mele2

nounmele (plural meles)

plural meles

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mell.
verbmele (third-person singular simple present meles, present participle meling, simple past and past participle meled)

present singular third person meles · participle present meling · participle past meled · past meled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mell.

Origin

mele · noun

  1. Hawaiianmele
  2. Hawaiianmele
  3. Englishmele

Borrowed from Hawaiian mele.

More words from Hawaiian

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mele · noun, verb

Variant forms.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mele

Bukele
All rhymes →

Anagrams

elemlemeEmel
Cite this entry
APA

mele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mele

MLA

“mele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mele. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mele,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mele.

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