name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English.
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
melody
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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/ˈmɛl.ə.di/
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rhymes with -ɛlədi
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 L AH0 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tonal pattern
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical perception
noun
Meaning 5
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was humming an air from Beethoven
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tune, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: music
Narrower terms: flourish, fanfare, tucket, glissando, roulade, leitmotiv, leitmotif, theme song, signature, signature tune, theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea, part, voice
History
Etymology
From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
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).
Across languages
Translations
154 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: Mélodie — female given name
- Persian: ملودی (melodi) — female given name
- Russian: Мелоди (Melodi) — female given name
- Albanian: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Southern Altai: кӱӱ (küü) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Arabic: لَحْن (laḥn) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Arabic: أُغْنِيَّة (ʔuḡniyya) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Arabic: لحن (laḥn) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Armenian: մեղեդի (meġedi) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Azerbaijani: melodiya — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Azerbaijani: təranə — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Azerbaijani: nəğmə — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Bashkir: көй (köy) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Belarusian: мело́дыя (mjelódyja) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Belarusian: маты́ў (matýw) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Belarusian: напе́ў (napjéw) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Bengali: সুর (śur) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Breton: kerzenn — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Bulgarian: мело́дия (melódija) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Bulgarian: моти́в (motív) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Bulgarian: напе́в (napév) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Burmese: တေးသွား (te:swa:) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Catalan: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Chinese Mandarin: 曲調 /曲调 (qǔdiào) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Chinese Mandarin: 曲子 (qǔzi) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Chinese Mandarin: 歌曲 (gēqǔ) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Chinese Mandarin: 旋律 (xuánlǜ) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Czech: melodie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Czech: nápěv — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Danish: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Dutch: melodie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Esperanto: melodio — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Estonian: meloodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Farefare: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Faroese: lag — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Finnish: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Finnish: sävel — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- French: mélodie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Galician: melodía — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Georgian: მელოდია (melodia) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Georgian: ჰანგი (hangi) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- German: Melodie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Greek: μελωδία (melodía) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ancient Greek: μελῳδία (melōidía) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ancient Greek: μέλος (mélos) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hebrew: מַנגִינָה (manginá) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hebrew: לַחַן (lákhan) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hindi: राग (rāg) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hindi: लय (lay) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hindi: तराना (tarānā) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hindi: धुन (dhun) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hungarian: dallam — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hungarian: melódia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Hunsrik: Mëlotie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Icelandic: lag — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ido: melodio — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Indonesian: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Irish: séis — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Italian: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Japanese: 歌曲 (kakyoku) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Japanese: 調べ (shirabe) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Japanese: 旋律 (senritsu) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Japanese: メロディー (merodī) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Japanese: 曲 (kyoku) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kalmyk: эгшг (egşg) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kazakh: әуен (äuen) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kazakh: мелодия (melodiä) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kazakh: күй (küi) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kazakh: саз (saz) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Khmer: បទភ្លេង (bɑt phleing) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Korean: 멜로디 (mellodi) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Korean: 곡 (gok) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Korean: 선율 (seonyul) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Korean: 곡조 (gokjo) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Korean: 악곡 (akgok) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Central Kurdish: ئاواز (awaz) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Northern Kurdish: awaz — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kyrgyz: мелодия (melodiya) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kyrgyz: обон (obon) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Kyrgyz: күү (küü) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Lao: ທໍານອງ (tham nǭng) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Latin: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Latin: canor — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Latvian: melodija — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Lithuanian: melodija — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Macedonian: мелодија (melodija) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Macedonian: напев (napev) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Malay: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Māori: rangi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Mongolian: ая (aja) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Mongolian: аялгуу (ajalguu) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ndonga: ongowela class 9 — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ndonga: ongovela class 9 — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Norman: mélodie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Norwegian Bokmål: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Old English: swinn — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Pashto: آهنګ (āhang) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Pashto: اهنګ (āhang) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Pashto: لحن (lahǝn) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Persian: آهنگ (âhang) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Persian: ملودی (melodi) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Persian: لحن (lahn) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Plautdietsch: Wies — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Polish: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Portuguese: melodia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Romanian: melodie — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Russian: мело́дия (melódija) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Russian: моти́в (motív) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Russian: напе́в (napév) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Scottish Gaelic: fonn — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Scottish Gaelic: port — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Scottish Gaelic: mànran — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Serbo-Croatian: мѐло̄дија — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Serbo-Croatian: напев — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Serbo-Croatian: mèlōdija — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Serbo-Croatian: napev — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Slovak: melódia — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Slovak: nápev — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Slovene: melodija — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Spanish: melodía — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Swedish: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Tagalog: melodiya — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Tajik: оҳанг (ohang) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Tajik: мелодия (melodiya) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Tajik: лаҳн (lahn) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Tatar: көй (köy) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Thai: ทํานอง (tam-nɔɔng) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Tocharian B: kene — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Turkish: melodi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Turkish: ezgi — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Turkmen: mukam — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Turkmen: saz — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Turkmen: heň — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Turkmen: melodiýa — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ukrainian: мело́дія (melódija) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ukrainian: моти́в (motýv) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Ukrainian: на́спів (náspiv) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Urdu: آہنگ (āhang) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Urdu: راگ (rāg) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Urdu: ترانہ (tarāna) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Urdu: دھن (dhun) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Uyghur: مېلودىيە (mëlodiye) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Uyghur: ئاھاڭ (ahang) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Uzbek: melodiya — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Uzbek: ohang — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Uzbek: tarona — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Vietnamese: giai điệu — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Vietnamese: âm điệu — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Volapük: melod — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Welsh: alaw — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Yiddish: ניגון (nign) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Yiddish: ניגונדל (nigndl) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Yiddish: ניגן (nign) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- Yiddish: מעלאָדיע (melodye) — sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
Real reading context