mélo

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See also: melo, Melo, meló, melô, mělo, melo-, mélo-, and mēļo

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.lo/
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Noun

mélo m (plural mélos)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of mélodrame (“melodrama”).

Adjective

mélo (invariable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of mélodramatique (“melodramatic”).
    • 1985, “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo”, performed by Ruth:
      Humanoïde, incognito / Amour impossible et mélo

Descendants

  • → Italian: mélo

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mélo.

Pronunciation

Noun

mélo m (invariable)

  1. (rare) melodrama
    Synonym: melodramma

Adjective

mélo (invariable)

  1. (rare) melodramatic
    Synonym: melodrammatico

Further reading

  • melo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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