melodic

See also: melòdic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélodique. By surface analysis, melody +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈlɒd.ɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈlɑ.ɾɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdɪk

Adjective

melodic (comparative more melodic, superlative most melodic)

1. Of, relating to, or having melody.
   • 1929, Arthur Lourié, “An Inquiry into Melody”, in Modern Music, volume VII, number 1, page 10:

     Debussy's melody is fractional, fragmentary. But at the core all his music is melodic and melody is its main motive force.

2. Melodious, tuneful.

Derived terms

• amelodic
• countermelodic
• meldub
• melodeath
• melodically
• melodic death metal
• melodic dubstep
• melodic hardcore
• melodicism
• melodicist
• melodicity
• melodic line
• melodic minor scale
• neomelodic
• nonmelodic
• supermelodic
• unmelodic

Translations

of, relating to, or having melody

• Catalan: melòdic
• Dutch: melodisch (nl)
• Finnish: melodinen (fi)
• Galician: melódico (gl)
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: tsūimēi

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: melodisk

  Nynorsk: melodisk

• Occitan: melodic
• Polish: melodyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: melódico (pt)
• Romanian: melodic (ro)
• Spanish: melódico
• Ukrainian: мелоди́чний (uk) (melodýčnyj)

melodious, tuneful

• Bulgarian: мелодичен (bg) (melodičen)
• Finnish: melodinen (fi)
• Galician: melódico (gl)
• Greek: μελωδικός (el) (melodikós)
• Hungarian: dallamos (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: melodisk

  Nynorsk: melodisk

• Polish: melodyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: melódico (pt), melodioso (pt)
• Romanian: melodios (ro)
• Russian: мелодичный (ru) (melodičnyj)
• Ukrainian: мелоді́йний (uk) (melodíjnyj)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French mélodie

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

French -ique

French mélodiquebor.

Romanian melodic

Borrowed from French mélodique. By surface analysis, melodie + -ic.

Adjective

melodic m or n (feminine singular melodică, masculine plural melodici, feminine/neuter plural melodice)

1. melodic

Declension

Declension of melodic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	melodic		melodică	melodici	melodice
	definite	melodicul		melodica	melodicii	melodicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	melodic		melodice	melodici	melodice
	definite	melodicului		melodicei	melodicilor	melodicelor