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melody¹
- /ˈmɛl.ə.di/
Rhymes with -ɛlədi
Where it comes from
From Middle English melodie, melodye, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, “singing, chanting”), from μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”), contracted form ᾠδή (ōidḗ).
noun melodies
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A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.
Similar: tune
Melody²
Where it comes from
From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
proper noun
- A female given name from English. Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tune, line, strain, air, melodic line, melodic phrase, tonal pattern, rhythm, song, music, chanson, saxophone, descant, sound, musique, lay
Translations
Every language
noun sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
| Español | melodía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 멜로디 mellodi, 곡 gok, 선율 seonyul, 곡조 gokjo, 악곡 akgok |
| 日本語 | 歌曲 kakyoku, 調べ shirabe, 旋律 senritsu, メロディー merodī, 曲 kyoku |
| 中文 | 曲調 /曲调 qǔdiào, 曲子 qǔzi, 歌曲 gēqǔ, 旋律 xuánlǜ |
| हिन्दी | राग rāg, लय lay, तराना tarānā, धुन dhun |
| Português | melodia |
| Français | mélodie |
| Deutsch | Melodie |
| Italiano | melodia |
| Ελληνικά | μελωδία melodía |
| Română | melodie |
| Русский | мело́дия melódija, моти́в motív, напе́в napév |
| Tiếng Việt | giai điệu, âm điệu |
| العربية | لَحْن laḥn, أُغْنِيَّة ʔuḡniyya |
| עברית | מַנגִינָה manginá, לַחַן lákhan |
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title = {melody},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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