melodrama
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French mélodrame, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama; ultimately from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody”) + δρᾶμα (drâma, “deed”, “theatrical act”). Compare melodrame. Cognate to German Melodram and Spanish melodrama.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
melodrama (countable and uncountable, plural melodramas or melodramata)
- (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- (countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks
- the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 9, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends.
- (uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /mə.loˈdɾa.mə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mə.luˈdɾa.mə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /me.loˈdɾa.ma/
Noun[edit]
melodrama m (plural melodrames)
- melodrama (a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations)
- 2020 August 11, Mònica Planas Callol, “Secrets i prejudicis a l’americana [American-style secrets and prejudices]”, in Ara[2]:
- Si necessiteu un bon melodrama familiar, d’aquells on s’intenten guardar les aparences però en què totes les generacions de protagonistes acaben caient en una espiral de secrets, mentides, retrets, llàgrimes i desesperació, la vostra sèrie és Little fires everywhere, a Amazon Prime Video.
- If you need a good family melodrama, one of those that tries to keep appearances but in which all generations of protagonists end up falling into a spiral of secrets, lies, reproach, tears, and desperation, then your show is Little Fires Everywhere, on Amazon Prime Video.
- melodrama (any situation or action which is blown out of proportion)
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Further reading[edit]
- “melodrama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “melodrama”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “melodrama” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “melodrama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos).
Noun[edit]
melodrama n (definite singular melodramaet, indefinite plural melodrama or melodramaer, definite singular melodramaene)
References[edit]
- “melodrama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos).
Noun[edit]
melodrama n (definite singular melodramaet, indefinite plural melodrama, definite plural melodramaa)
References[edit]
- “melodrama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
melodrama m (plural melodramas)
- melodrama (romantic drama)
- (figurative) melodrama (any situation or action which is blown out of proportion)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mȅlodrāma f (Cyrillic spelling ме̏лодра̄ма)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | melodrama | melodrame |
genitive | melodrame | melodrama |
dative | melodrami | melodramama |
accusative | melodramu | melodrame |
vocative | melodramo | melodrame |
locative | melodrami | melodramama |
instrumental | melodramom | melodramama |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos) and Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
melodrama m (plural melodramas)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “melodrama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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