melody
Syllables: mel·o·dy/ˈmɛl.ə.di/
melody noun: a sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
Noun
melody (plural melodies)
- A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
- Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.
- There is a melody upon the Earth as though ten thousand streams all sang together for their homes that they had forsaken in the hills.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], “The Sayings of Slid (whose Soul is by the Sea)”, in The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 15
- Synonyms:
- tune
Proper noun capitalized: Melody
Melody
- A female given name from English.
- Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.2000, Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House, published 2001, →ISBN, page 150
- A surname.
melody meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
melody in Hindi
- sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- राग rāg, लय lay, तराना tarānā, धुन dhun
melody in Tamil
- மெல்லிசை, இன்னிசை, இனிய பாடல், இனிமை
melody in Urdu
- sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- آہنگ āhang, راگ rāg, ترانہ tarāna, دھن dhun
melody in Bengali
- sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- সুর śur
More languagesFewer languages
- melody in Telugu
- యక్షగానము yakṣagānamu, రక్తి rakti
- melody in Malayalam
- മധുരഗാനം, സ്വരമാധുര്യം, താളൈക്യം
- melody in Kannada
- ಇಂಪಾದ ಸಂಗೀತ, ಮಧುರ ಗಾಯನ, ನಿನಾದ, ಇನಿತ
- melody in Punjabi
- گانا gāṇā
- melody in Gujarati
- મેલોડી
- melody in Odia
- ମେଲୋଡି
- melody in Sanskrit
- राग rāga
- melody in Nepali
- मेलोडी
- melody in Pashto
- آهنګ āhang, اهنګ āhang, لحن lahǝn
- melody in Tagalog
- melodiya
- melody in Arabic
- لَحْن laḥn, أُغْنِيَّة ʔuḡniyya
- melody in Malay
- melodi
- melody in Indonesian
- melodi
- melody in Persian
- آهنگ âhang, ملودی melodi, لحن lahn
- melody in Thai
- ทำนอง tam-nɔɔng
- melody in Vietnamese
- giai điệu, âm điệu
- melody in Myanmar
- တေးသွား te:swa:
Examples of melody in a sentence
- The melody jumps up an octave at the beginning, then later drops back down an octave.
- The tuned wind chimes sounded almost like they were playing a melody.
- The music box plays a lovely melody.
Synonyms of melody
Forms of melody
| plural | melodies |
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Origin of melody
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).
From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
Words formed from melody
Phrases with melody
Questions about melody
- What does melody mean?
- Melody means a sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
- What is melody in Hindi?
- Melody in Hindi is राग (rāg), लय (lay), तराना (tarānā). See Melody meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is melody?
- Melody can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce melody?
- Melody is pronounced /ˈmɛl.ə.di/.
- What is the plural of melody?
- The plural of melody is melodies.
Words near melody in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: melody (page history and authors); Melody (page history and authors); melody (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); యక్షగానము (Telugu) (page history and authors); melody (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); melody (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); گانا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); melody (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melody (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); राग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); melody (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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