Standard Lemma guide

medley

name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɛdli/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛdli
  • CMU ARPABET: M EH1 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A place name:

A town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A place name:

An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A place name:

A community in the city of Cold Lake, Municipal District of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Combat, fighting; a battle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a fruit medley

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: macédoine

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, swimming

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A cloth of mixed colours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To combine, to form a medley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: potpourri, pastiche

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: խառնուրդ (xaṙnurd) — collection or mixture of things
  • Bulgarian: смес (smes) — collection or mixture of things
  • Bulgarian: смесица (smesica) — collection or mixture of things
  • Finnish: sekoitus — collection or mixture of things
  • Finnish: yhdistelmä — collection or mixture of things
  • French: mélange — collection or mixture of things
  • French: salade — collection or mixture of things
  • Galician: mestura — collection or mixture of things
  • German: Allerlei — collection or mixture of things
  • German: bunte Mischung — collection or mixture of things
  • German: buntes Durcheinander — collection or mixture of things
  • Hungarian: keverék — collection or mixture of things
  • Hungarian: egyveleg — collection or mixture of things
  • Italian: macedonia — collection or mixture of things
  • Italian: misto — collection or mixture of things
  • Italian: miscuglio — collection or mixture of things
  • Italian: mescolanza — collection or mixture of things
  • Latin: farrāgō — collection or mixture of things
  • Occitan: mescladís — collection or mixture of things
  • Occitan: barrejadís — collection or mixture of things
  • Occitan: mixtura — collection or mixture of things
  • Persian: آمیزه (âmiza) — collection or mixture of things
  • Plautdietsch: Mischmausch — collection or mixture of things
  • Romanian: amestec — collection or mixture of things
  • Romanian: amestecătură — collection or mixture of things
  • Russian: смесь (smesʹ) — collection or mixture of things
  • Russian: мешани́на (mešanína) — collection or mixture of things
  • Russian: смеше́ние (smešénije) — collection or mixture of things
  • Serbo-Croatian: mješavina — collection or mixture of things
  • Serbo-Croatian: smjesa — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: batiburrillo — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: popurrí — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: revoltijo — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: mescolanza — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: miscelánea — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: amalgama — collection or mixture of things
  • Spanish: tótum revolútum — collection or mixture of things
  • Bulgarian: потпури (potpuri) — collection of related songs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集成曲 (jíchéngqǔ) — collection of related songs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混成曲 (hùnchéngqǔ) — collection of related songs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混合曲 (hùnhéqǔ) — collection of related songs
  • Czech: megamix — collection of related songs
  • Danish: medley — collection of related songs
  • Dutch: potpourri — collection of related songs
  • Finnish: sikermä — collection of related songs
  • Finnish: potpuri — collection of related songs
  • French: pot-pourri — collection of related songs
  • German: Medley — collection of related songs
  • German: Potpourri — collection of related songs
  • German: Melodienreigen — collection of related songs
  • German: Melodienfolge — collection of related songs
  • German: bunter Melodienstrauß — collection of related songs
  • German: Liederstrauß — collection of related songs
  • Hebrew: מַחֲרֹזֶת (maẖrózet) — collection of related songs
  • Hungarian: egyveleg — collection of related songs
  • Indonesian: rampai lagu — collection of related songs
  • Italian: varietà — collection of related songs
  • Italian: insieme — collection of related songs
  • Italian: potpourri — collection of related songs
  • Japanese: メドレー (medorē) — collection of related songs
  • Japanese: 混成曲 (konseikyoku) — collection of related songs
  • Japanese: 接続曲 (setsuzokukyoku) — collection of related songs
  • Korean: 메들리 (medeulli) — collection of related songs
  • Korean: 혼성곡 (honseonggok) — collection of related songs
  • Korean: 연결곡 (yeon'gyeolgok) — collection of related songs
  • Occitan: mescladís — collection of related songs
  • Occitan: pachòla — collection of related songs
  • Persian: آهنگ (âhang) — collection of related songs
  • Portuguese: potpourri — collection of related songs
  • Portuguese: pot-pourri — collection of related songs
  • Romanian: potpuriu — collection of related songs
  • Russian: попурри́ (popurrí) — collection of related songs
  • Slovene: venček — collection of related songs
  • Spanish: popurrí — collection of related songs
  • Spanish: mosaico — collection of related songs
  • Spanish: variedad — collection of related songs
  • Swedish: potpurri — collection of related songs
  • Vietnamese: liên khúc — collection of related songs
  • Bulgarian: съчетано плуване (sǎčetano pluvane) — swimming event
  • Czech: polohový závod — swimming event
  • Czech: polohovka — swimming event
  • Danish: medley — swimming event
  • Dutch: wisselslag — swimming event
  • Finnish: sekauinti — swimming event
  • French: 4 nages — swimming event
  • German: Lagenschwimmen — swimming event
  • Hungarian: vegyesúszás — swimming event
  • Italian: misto — swimming event
  • Korean: 혼영 (honyeong) — swimming event
  • Korean: 혼계영 (hon'gyeyeong) — swimming event
  • Māori: kautakawhitiwhiti — swimming event
  • Portuguese: estilos — swimming event
  • Portuguese: medley — swimming event
  • Romanian: probă mixt — swimming event
  • Russian: ко́мплексное пла́вание (kómpleksnoje plávanije) — swimming event
Real reading context

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