adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or having melody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
melodic
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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Received-Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɒd.ɪk/
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General-American: /məˈlɑ.ɾɪk/
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rhymes with -ɒdɪk
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CMU ARPABET: M AH0 L AA1 D IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Melodious, tuneful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the melodious song of a meadowlark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: melodious, musical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to melody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- melodic harmony
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French mélodique. By surface analysis, melody + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: melòdic — of, relating to, or having melody
- Dutch: melodisch — of, relating to, or having melody
- Finnish: melodinen — of, relating to, or having melody
- Galician: melódico — of, relating to, or having melody
- Khiamniungan Naga: tsūimēi — of, relating to, or having melody
- Norwegian Bokmål: melodisk — of, relating to, or having melody
- Norwegian Nynorsk: melodisk — of, relating to, or having melody
- Occitan: melodic — of, relating to, or having melody
- Polish: melodyczny — of, relating to, or having melody
- Portuguese: melódico — of, relating to, or having melody
- Romanian: melodic — of, relating to, or having melody
- Spanish: melódico — of, relating to, or having melody
- Ukrainian: мелоди́чний (melodýčnyj) — of, relating to, or having melody
- Bulgarian: мелодичен (melodičen) — melodious, tuneful
- Finnish: melodinen — melodious, tuneful
- Galician: melódico — melodious, tuneful
- Greek: μελωδικός (melodikós) — melodious, tuneful
- Hungarian: dallamos — melodious, tuneful
- Norwegian Bokmål: melodisk — melodious, tuneful
- Norwegian Nynorsk: melodisk — melodious, tuneful
- Polish: melodyjny — melodious, tuneful
- Portuguese: melódico — melodious, tuneful
- Portuguese: melodioso — melodious, tuneful
- Romanian: melodios — melodious, tuneful
- Russian: мелодичный (melodičnyj) — melodious, tuneful
- Ukrainian: мелоді́йний (melodíjnyj) — melodious, tuneful
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