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Italian
Etymology
A compound of melo- + dramma (“drama”); representing the Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “music”, “song”) and δρᾶμα (drâma, “deed”, “theatrical act”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.loˈdram.ma/
- Rhymes: -amma
- Hyphenation: me‧lo‧dràm‧ma
Noun
melodramma m (plural melodrammi)
- melodrama
Descendants
Further reading
- melodramma in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- melodramma in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- melodramma in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- melodramma in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- melodràmma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- melodramma in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- melodramma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana