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1. (n.) melody
musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
2. melody
a rhythmical succession of musical tones organized as a distinct phrase or sequence of phrases.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME melodie < ML melōdia < Gk melōidía (choral) singing =mel- (see melic ) +-ōid- (see ode ) +-ia -y3)
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| Definition of 'melody' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"
2. (noun) melody, tonal pattern
the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
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1. (noun) melody
a pleasant-sounding tune
I wrote a melody to go with the words.
2. melody
the main part of a piece of music
I'll sing the melody.
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| Definition of 'melody' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) melody
a sweet or agreeable succession of sounds
2. (noun) melody
a rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression
3. (noun) melody
the air or tune of a musical piece
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Sense: a tune
He played Irish melodies on the harp.
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 Afrikaans: melodie |
 Arabic: نَغَم |
 Bulgarian: мелодия |
 Brazilian: melodia |
 Czech: melodie |
 German: die Melodie |
 Danish: melodi |
 Greek: μελωδία |
 Spanish: melodía |
 Estonian: viis |
 Farsi: صدای موسیقی |
 Finnish: sävelmä |
 French: mélodie |
 Hebrew: נְעִימָה |
 Hindi: मधुर संगीत |
 Croatian: melodija, napjev |
 Hungarian: melódia |
 Indonesian: lagu |
 Icelandic: lag |
 Italian: melodia |
 Japanese: 歌曲 |
 Korean: 멜로디, 선율 |
 Lithuanian: melodija |
 Latvian: melodija |
 Malay: lagu |
 Dutch: melodie |
 Norwegian: melodi |
 Polish: melodia |
 Persian: صدای موسیقی |
 Pashto: د موسيقى انګازى |
 Portuguese: melodia |
 Romanian: melodie |
 Russian: мелодия |
 Slovak: melódia |
 Slovenian: napev |
 Serbian: melodija |
 Swedish: melodi |
 Thai: ทำนองเพลง |
 Turkish: ezgi, melodi |
 Taiwanese: 曲調，旋律 |
 Ukrainian: мелодія |
 Urdu: دھن |
 Vietnamese: giaiđiệu |
 Chinese: 曲调，旋律 |
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