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melopoeia

/ˌmɛləˈpiːə/

melopoeia noun: art of composing melodies.

Noun

melopoeia (countable and uncountable, plural melopoeiae or melopoeias)

  1. (obsolete) Art of composing melodies.
  2. The use of the sound of words as a facet of poetry.

melopoeia meaning in Bengali

melopoeia in Bengali

সুর তৈরি করার শিল্প

Forms of melopoeia

pluralmelopoeiae
pluralmelopoeias
alternative formmelopœia
alternative formmelopeia

Origin of melopoeia

From Ancient Greek μελοποιΐα (melopoiḯa), from μελοποιός (melopoiós, “song-maker, lyric poet”), from μελο- (melo-, “melo-”) + ποιεῖν (poieîn, “to make”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia”).

Questions about melopoeia

What does melopoeia mean?
Melopoeia means art of composing melodies.
What is melopoeia in Bengali?
Melopoeia in Bengali is সুর তৈরি করার শিল্প. See Melopoeia meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is melopoeia?
Melopoeia is a noun.
How do you pronounce melopoeia?
Melopoeia is pronounced /ˌmɛləˈpiːə/.
What is the plural of melopoeia?
The plural of melopoeia is melopoeiae.

Words near melopoeia in the dictionary

  1. meloplast
  2. meloplastic
  3. meloplasties
  4. meloplasts
  5. meloplasty
  6. melopoeia
  7. melopoeiae
  8. melopoeian
  9. melopoeias
  10. melopoetic
  11. melopœia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: melopoeia (page history and authors); melopoeia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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