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"derived": [
{
"word": "melodramatic"
},
{
"word": "melodramatics"
},
{
"word": "melodramatist"
},
{
"word": "melodramatize"
}
],
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"3": "mélodrame"
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"expansion": "French mélodrame",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "μέλος",
"4": "",
"5": "limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Melodram"
},
"expansion": "German Melodram",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "melodrama"
},
"expansion": "Spanish melodrama",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
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"plural"
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}
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes."
],
"links": [
[
"drama",
"drama"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's \"Fidelio\"."
},
{
"ref": "1956, Delano Ames, chapter 9, in Crime out of Mind:",
"text": "Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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"
],
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"(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"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmə/"
},
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "miludrāmā",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مِيلُودْرَامَا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "melodrama",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "մելոդրամա"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjeladráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "меладра́ма"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "melodráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодра́ма"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qíngjiéjù",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "情節劇 /情节剧"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodram"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "melodramo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "melodraama"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mélodrame"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "melodrama",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "მელოდრამა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Melodrama"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "melódrama",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μελόδραμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "מלודרמה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nāṭak",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "नाटक"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodramma"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "merodorama",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "メロドラマ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mero",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "メロ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mellodeurama",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "멜로드라마"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mello",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "멜로"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "melodráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодра́ма"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"roman": "melodrama",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "ميلودراما"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodramat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodramă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melodráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодра́ма"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодрама"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodráma"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "himigdula"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "melodram"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "melodráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодра́ма"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"melodrama"
],
"word": "melodrama"
}
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