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English
Proper noun
Melodie
- A female given name from English, of rather rare usage, variant of Melody.
German
- Melodei (poetic, otherwise obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German melodīe, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā). Since the 16th century, the inherited form Melodei was increasingly readapted to the Latin and to French mélodie.
Pronunciation
Noun
Melodie f (genitive Melodie, plural Melodien)
- melody, tune (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
- Synonym: Weise
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Further reading
- “Melodie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Melodie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Melodie” in Duden online