melodie

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

melodie (plural melodieë, diminutive melodietjie)

1. melody

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛloɟɪjɛ]

melodie f

1. tune, melody (music)

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

• melodij (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌmeː.loːˈdi/

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• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧die
• Rhymes: -i

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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• melodiek
• melodieus
• melodisch
• melomaan

• Afrikaans: melodie

• wijs, wijsje
• deun

• leide om, omleide

melodie f

1. plural of melodia

• meloide

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

Borrowed from Old French melodie,^[1][2] from Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía). First attested in c. 1300.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛlɔˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈmɛlɔˌdiː(ə)/^[3], /ˌmɛləˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈmɛləˌdiː(ə)/

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.

• melodious

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

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

melodie

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

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

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

melodie f (plural melodii)

1. melody
2. (loosely, informal) song

• freca la melodie

• melodic
• melodios

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