medley
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medley¹
- /ˈmɛdli/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛdli
Where it comes from
From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.
noun medleys
- Combat, fighting; a battle. Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym
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A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
a fruit medley
Similar: macédoine
- A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
- A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
- A cloth of mixed colours. Otherwise , as our Saviour noteth , when the old Cloth was joyned to the new , it made no good medley , but the Rent was made the wors
Similar: mashup
verb medleys · medleying · medleyed
- To combine, to form a medley.
Medley²
proper noun Medleys
- A surname.
- A town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.
- A community in the city of Cold Lake, Municipal District of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: potpourri, pastiche, affray, jumble, melange, mix, mixing, mixture, blend, air, olio, commixtion, comminglement, mixtion, commixion, mingle
noun
Similar: mashup
Translations
Every language
noun collection or mixture of things
| Español | batiburrillo, popurrí, revoltijo, mescolanza, miscelánea, amalgama |
|---|---|
| Français | mélange, salade |
| Deutsch | Allerlei, bunte Mischung, buntes Durcheinander |
| Italiano | macedonia, misto, miscuglio, mescolanza |
| Română | amestec, amestecătură |
| Русский | смесь smesʹ, мешани́на mešanína, смеше́ние smešénije |
noun collection of related songs
| Español | popurrí, mosaico, variedad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 메들리 medeulli, 혼성곡 honseonggok, 연결곡 yeon'gyeolgok |
| 日本語 | メドレー medorē, 混成曲 konseikyoku, 接続曲 setsuzokukyoku |
| 中文 | 集成曲 jíchéngqǔ, 混成曲 hùnchéngqǔ, 混合曲 hùnhéqǔ |
| Português | potpourri, pot-pourri |
| Français | pot-pourri |
| Deutsch | Medley, Potpourri, Melodienreigen, Melodienfolge, bunter Melodienstrauß, Liederstrauß |
| Italiano | varietà, insieme, potpourri |
| Română | potpuriu |
| Русский | попурри́ popurrí |
| Tiếng Việt | liên khúc |
| עברית | מַחֲרֹזֶת maẖrózet |
noun swimming event
| 한국어 | 혼영 honyeong, 혼계영 hon'gyeyeong |
|---|---|
| Português | estilos, medley |
| Français | 4 nages |
| Deutsch | Lagenschwimmen |
| Italiano | misto |
| Română | probă mixt |
| Русский | ко́мплексное пла́вание kómpleksnoje plávanije |
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title = {medley},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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