different between melamine vs melam

English

Etymology

Ultimately from German Melamin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?l.?.min/

Noun

melamine (countable and uncountable, plural melamines)

1. (chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
   • 1995, Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island, chapter 20:

     My room was everything I expected it to be—cold and cheerless, with melamine furniture, grubbily matted carpet and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above.

Translations

Anagrams

• Emmaline, Memelian, ammeline

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from German Melamin. Equivalent to Blend of melam +? amine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?.la??mi.n?/
• Hyphenation: me?la?mi?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

melamine f (uncountable)

1. melamine

Italian

Noun

melamine f

1. plural of melamina

English

Etymology

Compare French mélam.

Noun

melam (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) A condensation product of melamine, originally found in the residue of heating ammonium thiocyanate.

Related terms

• melem
• melon

Anagrams

• Lemma, lemma

Gothic

Romanization

m?lam

1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Portuguese

Verb

melam

1. third-person plural (eles and elas, also used with vocês and others) present indicative of melar