melody
noun
- linear succession of musical tones in the foreground of a work of music
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛl.ə.di/
name
Etymology: From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
- A female given name from English.
“Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.”
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English melodie, melodye, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, “singing, chanting”), from μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”), contracted form ᾠδή (ōidḗ).
- A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
“Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.”
“There is a melody upon the Earth as though ten thousand streams all sang together for their homes that they had forsaken in the hills.”