"melodrama" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-melodrama.wav Forms: melodramas [plural], melodramata [plural]
Etymology: From French mélodrame, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama; ultimately from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody”) + δρᾶμα (drâma, “deed”, “theatrical act”). Compare melodrame. Cognate to German Melodram and Spanish melodrama. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|mélodrame}} French mélodrame, {{der|en|grc|μέλος||limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody}} Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody”), {{cog|de|Melodram}} German Melodram, {{cog|es|melodrama}} Spanish melodrama Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|melodramata}} melodrama (countable and uncountable, plural melodramas or melodramata)
  1. (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Tags: archaic, uncountable
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  2. (countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks Tags: countable Translations (romantic drama): مِيلُودْرَامَا (miludrāmā) [feminine] (Arabic), մելոդրամա (melodrama) (Armenian), меладра́ма (mjeladráma) [feminine] (Belarusian), мелодра́ма (melodráma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), melodrama [masculine] (Catalan), 情節劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 情节剧 (qíngjiéjù) (Chinese Mandarin), melodram [masculine] (Czech), melodramo (Esperanto), melodraama (Finnish), mélodrame [masculine] (French), მელოდრამა (melodrama) (Georgian), Melodrama [neuter] (German), μελόδραμα (melódrama) [neuter] (Greek), מלודרמה (Hebrew), नाटक (nāṭak) [masculine] (Hindi), melodrama (Indonesian), melodramma [masculine] (Italian), メロドラマ (merodorama) (Japanese), メロ (mero) (Japanese), 멜로드라마 (mellodeurama) (Korean), 멜로 (mello) (Korean), мелодра́ма (melodráma) [feminine] (Macedonian), ميلودراما (melodrama) (Malay), melodrama [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), melodrama [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), melodramat [masculine] (Polish), melodrama [masculine] (Portuguese), melodramă [feminine] (Romanian), мелодра́ма (melodráma) [feminine] (Russian), мелодрама [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), melodrama [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), melodráma [feminine] (Slovak), melodrama [feminine] (Spanish), himigdula (Tagalog), melodram (Turkish), мелодра́ма (melodráma) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. (uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion. Tags: colloquial, figuratively, uncountable
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Derived forms: melodramatic, melodramatics, melodramatist, melodramatize

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        "feminine"
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      "word": "мелодра́ма"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "melodrama"
  ],
  "word": "melodrama"
}

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