mélancoliquement (-lik-mān), adv., sadly, gloomily, sorrowfully, mournfully.
mélange, n.m., mixture, mingling, crossing; medley; mash (for brewing). pl., miscellaneous works, miscellanea. Un bonheur sans —; unalloyed happiness. Sans —; unmixed, unblended; (fig.) pure, unalloyed.
mélanger, v.a., to mix, to mingle, to blend; to cross; to mash, to intermix, to dash.
se mélanger, v.r., to mix, to mingle, to blend, to temper; to be mashed.
mélasse, n.f., molasses, treacle.
mêlé, -e, part., mixed; miscellaneous; medley (of verses); irregular; (of rhymes) mixed.
mêlée, n.f., conflict; fray, fight, scramble, squabble; thick of the fight; altercation, dispute, clash.
mêler, v.a., to mingle, to mix, to mix up; to blend; to intersperse, to temper; to put in; to jumble; to bring in, to implicate, to involve; to shuffle (cards); to entangle. — du fil; to entangle thread. — les cartes; to shuffle the cards. — une serrure; to force a lock. Il est mêlé dans une mauvaise affaire; he is mixed up in a bad business.
se mêler, v.r., to mingle, to be mingled, to be mixed; to tamper; to blend; to trouble one’s self about; to intermeddle; to interfere (with, in); to take upon one’s self, to presume; to take part in; to dabble in; to set one’s self to do; to engage in. Se — dans la foule; to mingle with the crowd. Se — de; to meddle with, to intermeddle. Mêlez-vous de vos affaires; mind your own business. De quoi vous mêlez-vous? what business is that of yours? Se — ensemble; to commingle.
mélèze, n.m., (bot.) larch, larch-tree.