melody

mel·o·dy  (ml-d)

n. pl. mel·o·dies

1. A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.

2. Musical quality: the melody of verse.

3. Music

a. A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.

b. Structure with respect to the arrangement of single notes in succession.

c. The leading part or the air in a composition with accompaniment.

4. A poem suitable for setting to music or singing.

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[Middle English melodie, from Old French, from Late Latin meldia, from Greek melidi, singing, choral song : melos, tune + aoid, song; see wed-² in Indo-European roots.]

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melody

Noun

pl -dies

1. Music a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune

2. sounds that are pleasant because of their tone or arrangement, esp. words of poetry [Greek melōidia]

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Melody of harpers: harpists collectively—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	melody - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" melodic line, melodic phrase, tune, strain, air, line tucket, fanfare, flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" glissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner leitmotif, leitmotiv - a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) theme song - a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie signature tune, theme song, signature - a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" part, voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" musical phrase, phrase - a short musical passage
	2.	melody - the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes tonal pattern musical perception - the auditory perception of musical sounds

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melody

noun 1. tune, song, theme, refrain, air, music, strain, descant

noun 2. tunefulness, music, harmony, musicality, euphony, melodiousness

Translations

melody [ˈmɛlədɪ] n → melodía

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melody [ˈmɛlədɪ] n → mélodie f

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melody [ˈmɛlədɪ] n → Melodie f

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melody [ˈmɛlədɪ] n → melodia