# melodia
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mə.luˈði.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [me.loˈði.a]

### Noun

melodia f (plural melodies)
* melody

#### Related terms

* melòdic

### Further reading

* “melodia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “melodia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “melodia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “melodia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From melodio +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [meloˈdia]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: me‧lo‧di‧a

### Adjective

melodia (accusative singular melodian, plural melodiaj, accusative plural melodiajn)
* melodious, tuneful

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδῐ́ᾱ (melōidĭ́ā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmelodiɑ/, [ˈme̞lo̞ˌdiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: me‧lo‧dia

### Noun

melodia
* (music) melody, tune

#### Declension

Possessive forms of melodia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
melodiani
melodiani
accusative
nom.
melodiani
melodiani
gen.
melodiani
genitive
melodiani
melodioideni melodioitteni melodiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
melodiaani
melodioitani
inessive
melodiassani
melodioissani
elative
melodiastani
melodioistani
illative
melodiaani
melodioihini
adessive
melodiallani
melodioillani
ablative
melodialtani
melodioiltani
allative
melodialleni
melodioilleni
essive
melodianani
melodioinani
translative
melodiakseni
melodioikseni
abessive
melodiattani
melodioittani
instructive
comitative
—melodioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
melodiasi
melodiasi
accusative
nom.
melodiasi
melodiasi
gen.
melodiasi
genitive
melodiasi
melodioidesi melodioittesi melodiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
melodiaasi
melodioitasi
inessive
melodiassasi
melodioissasi
elative
melodiastasi
melodioistasi
illative
melodiaasi
melodioihisi
adessive
melodiallasi
melodioillasi
ablative
melodialtasi
melodioiltasi
allative
melodiallesi
melodioillesi
essive
melodianasi
melodioinasi
translative
melodiaksesi
melodioiksesi
abessive
melodiattasi
melodioittasi
instructive
comitative
—melodioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
melodiamme
melodiamme
accusative
nom.
melodiamme
melodiamme
gen.
melodiamme
genitive
melodiamme
melodioidemme melodioittemme melodiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
melodiaamme
melodioitamme
inessive
melodiassamme
melodioissamme
elative
melodiastamme
melodioistamme
illative
melodiaamme
melodioihimme
adessive
melodiallamme
melodioillamme
ablative
melodialtamme
melodioiltamme
allative
melodiallemme
melodioillemme
essive
melodianamme
melodioinamme
translative
melodiaksemme
melodioiksemme
abessive
melodiattamme
melodioittamme
instructive
comitative
—melodioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
melodianne
melodianne
accusative
nom.
melodianne
melodianne
gen.
melodianne
genitive
melodianne
melodioidenne melodioittenne melodiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
melodiaanne
melodioitanne
inessive
melodiassanne
melodioissanne
elative
melodiastanne
melodioistanne
illative
melodiaanne
melodioihinne
adessive
melodiallanne
melodioillanne
ablative
melodialtanne
melodioiltanne
allative
melodiallenne
melodioillenne
essive
melodiananne
melodioinanne
translative
melodiaksenne
melodioiksenne
abessive
melodiattanne
melodioittanne
instructive
comitative
—melodioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
melodiansa
melodiansa
accusative
nom.
melodiansa
melodiansa
gen.
melodiansa
genitive
melodiansa
melodioidensa melodioittensa melodiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
melodiaansa
melodioitaan melodioitansa
inessive
melodiassaan melodiassansa
melodioissaan melodioissansa
elative
melodiastaan melodiastansa
melodioistaan melodioistansa
illative
melodiaansa
melodioihinsa
adessive
melodiallaan melodiallansa
melodioillaan melodioillansa
ablative
melodialtaan melodialtansa
melodioiltaan melodioiltansa
allative
melodialleen melodiallensa
melodioilleen melodioillensa
essive
melodianaan melodianansa
melodioinaan melodioinansa
translative
melodiakseen melodiaksensa
melodioikseen melodioiksensa
abessive
melodiattaan melodiattansa
melodioittaan melodioittansa
instructive
comitative
—melodioineen melodioinensa :

#### Synonyms

* sävelmä

#### Derived terms

* melodiapilli
* oopperamelodia
* puhemelodia
* tunnusmelodia

### Further reading

* “melodia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /me.loˈdi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: me‧lo‧dì‧a

### Noun

melodia f (plural melodie)
* (music) melody, tune

#### Related terms

* melo-
* melodico
* melodioso

### Anagrams

* Meliadò, diamole, lediamo

## Latin
### Etymology

Late adoption of Ancient Greek μελῳδῐ́ᾱ (melōidĭ́ā) thus with ō for oe (seen in cōmoedia and tragoedia).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /meˈloː.di.a/, [mɛˈɫ̪oːd̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /meˈlo.di.a/, [meˈlɔːd̪iä]

### Noun

melōdia f (genitive melōdiae); first declension
* melody
* pleasant song

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: melodia
* Old French: melodie
** → Middle Dutch: melodie
*** Dutch: melodie
**** Afrikaans: melodie
* Galician: melodía
* Italian: melodia
* → Polish: melodia
** → Old Ruthenian: мело́дїꙗ (melódija), мело́дїа (melódia), мелїо́дїꙗ (meljódija), меле́дїꙗ (melédija)
*** Belarusian: мело́дыя (mjelódyja)
*** Carpathian Rusyn: мело́дія (melódija)
*** Ukrainian: мело́дія (melódija)
** → Russian: мело́дия (melódija)
*** → Kazakh: мелодия (melodiä)
* Portuguese: melodia
* Spanish: melodía

### References

* “melodia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* melodia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* melodia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛˈlɔ.dja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔdja
* Syllabification: me‧lo‧dia

### Noun

melodia f (diminutive melodyjka)
* (music) melody

#### Derived terms

* melodyjny

#### Related terms

* melodyjnie
* melodyjność

#### Descendants

* → Old Ruthenian: мело́дїꙗ (melódija), мело́дїа (melódia), мелїо́дїꙗ (meljódija), меле́дїꙗ (melédija)
** Belarusian: мело́дыя (mjelódyja)
** Carpathian Rusyn: мело́дія (melódija)
** Ukrainian: мело́дія (melódija)
* → Russian: мело́дия (melódija)
** → Kazakh: мелодия (melodiä)

### Further reading

* melodia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* melodia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin melōdia (“melody”), from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, “singing, chanting”), from μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”), contracted form ᾠδή (ōidḗ).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /me.loˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /me.loˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /me.loˈd͡ʒi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨ.luˈdi.ɐ/ [mɨ.luˈði.ɐ]
* Hyphenation: me‧lo‧di‧a

### Noun

melodia f (plural melodias)
* melody (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
* (figurative) harmony (pleasing arrangement of sounds)
    Synonyms: harmonia, sinfonia
    Antonyms: cacofonia, desafinação, dissonância

#### Related terms

* melódia
* melodiar
* melódica
* melodicamente
* melódico