melomania

See also: melomanía

English

Etymology

From melo- +‎ -mania, after French mélomanie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

Noun

melomania (uncountable)

1. (music) An abnormal love of music.

Derived terms

• melomaniac

Translations

an abnormal love of music

• Bulgarian: мелома́ния f (melománija)
• French: mélomanie (fr) f
• Galician: melomanía (gl) f
• German: Melomania f
• Hungarian: zeneőrület
• Italian: melomania f
• Portuguese: melomania (pt) f
• Russian: мелома́ния (ru) f (melománija)
• Spanish: melomanía (es) f

Italian

Etymology

From melo- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /me.lo.maˈni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧ma‧nì‧a

Noun

melomania f (plural melomanie)

1. melomania

Related terms

• melomane

Further reading

• melomania in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• melomania in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• melomanìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• melomanìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• alienammo

Portuguese

Etymology

From melo- +‎ -mania, on the model of French mélomanie.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛ.lɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

melomania f (uncountable)

1. melomania

   Synonym: musicomania

Related terms

• melofilia
• melómano

Further reading

• “melomania” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “melomania” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “melomania” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “melomania” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “melomania” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “melomania” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.