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Meaning of melody in English
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛlədi/
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Noun
melody
Etymology
Middle English (also in the sense ‘sweet music’): from Old French melodie, via late Latin from Greek melōidia, from melos‘song’
Definitions
1.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Examples
« she was humming an air from Beethoven »
2.
the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes