amel

A1M3E1L1
/ˈæməl/

noun

Enamel.

OriginMiddle English amal ← Old English amell ← Old French esmail →
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Meanings

amel1

nounamel (plural amels)

plural amels

  1. obsoleteEnamel.

    a blue and yellow composed a green amel

    1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC

amel2

verbamel (third-person singular simple present amels, present participle (US) ameling or (UK) amelling, simple past and past participle (US) ameled or (UK) amelled)

present singular third person amels · US participle present ameling · UK participle present amelling · US participle past ameled · US past ameled · UK participle past amelled · UK past amelled

  1. obsoleteTo enamel.

Origin

amel · noun

  1. Old Frenchesmail
  2. Old Englishamell
  3. Middle Englishamal
  4. Englishamel

From Middle English amal, from Old English amell, from Old French esmail.

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amel · verb

  1. Old Frenchesmailler“to enamel”
  2. Old Englishamellen
  3. Englishamel

From Old English amellen, from Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmail (“enamel”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

malemeallamemelaElmaElamlemaEMLAleam
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APA

amel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amel

MLA

“amel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amel.

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