Meanings
nounmelomel (countable and uncountable, plural melomels)
plural melomels
- countableuncountableA mead that contains fruit.
In Digbie's era metah, metheglin, and melomel were probably considered synonyms. […] "Melomel" today usually means a mead flavored with any fruit juice other than apples or pears. Peaches, cherries, blackberries, or plumbs^([sic]) are some good, historic choices.
2001, David Alan Woolsey, Libations of the Eighteenth Century: A Concise Manual for the Brewing of Authentic Beverages from the Colonial Era of America, and of Times Past
Translations
Dutch vruchten mede, mede met fruit
- vruchten medeA mead that contains fruit
- mede met fruitA mead that contains fruit
French melomel
- melomelA mead that contains fruit
German Fruchtmet
- FruchtmetA mead that contains fruit
Latvian miestiņš
- miestiņšA mead that contains fruit
Lithuanian vaisių midus
- vaisių midusA mead that contains fruit
Portuguese hidromel de fruta
- hidromel de frutaA mead that contains fruit
Spanish hidromiel de frutas, melomel
- hidromiel de frutasA mead that contains fruit
- melomelA mead that contains fruit
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APA
melomel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melomel
MLA
“melomel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melomel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melomel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melomel.
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