melodie

See also: Melodie, Mélodie, melodię, and mélodie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch melodie, from Middle Dutch melodie, from Old French melodie, from Latin melōdia.

Noun

melodie (plural melodieë, diminutive melodietjie)

1. melody

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛloɟɪjɛ]

Noun

melodie f

1. tune, melody (music)

Declension

Declension of melodie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	melodie	melodie
genitive	melodie	melodií
dative	melodii	melodiím
accusative	melodii	melodie
vocative	melodie	melodie
locative	melodii	melodiích
instrumental	melodií	melodiemi

Derived terms

• vyzváněcí melodie f

Further reading

• “melodie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “melodie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Alternative forms

• melodij (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch melodie, from Old French melodie, from Latin melōdia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmeː.loːˈdi/

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• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧die
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

melodie f (plural melodieën, diminutive melodietje n)

1. melody (sequence of notes that makes up a major musical phrase)
   • 1996, Dennis (Dennis Erhardt), "Gewoon een vrolijk liedje".

     Dit is een vrolijk liedje / Doe mij maar na / Een lekker melodietje, tralalala / We doen het met z'n allen / Doe mij maar maar na / Lekker effe lallen, shalalala.

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Derived terms

• melodiek
• melodieus
• melodisch
• melomaan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: melodie

See also

• wijs, wijsje
• deun

Anagrams

• leide om, omleide

Italian

Noun

melodie f

1. plural of melodia

Anagrams

• meloide

Middle English

Alternative forms

• melody, melodye
• melady, meledye, melode, melodi (Late Middle English)
• molodi (Middlesex); meloudie (Worcestershire)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French melodie, from Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía). First attested in c. 1300.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛlɔˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈmɛlɔˌdiː(ə)/, /ˌmɛləˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈmɛləˌdiː(ə)/

Noun

melodie (plural melodies)

1. Melodiousness; the quality of being musically harmonious or pleasant.
2. Pleasant music (or sound with a musical quality, such as birdsong or the music of the spheres).
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 9-10:

     And smale foweles maken melodẏe / That slepen al the nẏght wıth open Iẏe

     And small birds make melodies, / sleeping all night with an open eye.

3. (by extension) Harmony; a pleasant concord or unity.
4. (uncommon) A song; a musical composition or work.
5. (rare) A group of harpists.

Related terms

• melodious

Descendants

• English: melody
• Middle Scots: melodie, melody
  • Scots: melody

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈlɔ.djɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔdjɛ
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧die

Noun

melodie

1. nominative plural of melodia
2. accusative plural of melodia
3. vocative plural of melodia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μελωδία (melodía). First attested in 1704.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.loˈdi.e/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧di‧e

Noun

melodie f (plural melodii)

1. melody
2. (loosely, informal) song

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	melodie	melodia	melodii	melodiile
genitive-dative	melodii	melodiei	melodii	melodiilor
vocative	melodie, melodio		melodiilor

Derived terms

• freca la melodie

Related terms

• melodic
• melodios

References

• “melodie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026