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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈmɛdli/
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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.
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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.
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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