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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "melodie"
},
"expansion": "Middle English melodie",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "melodye"
},
"expansion": "melodye",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "melodie"
},
"expansion": "Old French melodie",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "melodia"
},
"expansion": "Latin melodia",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "μελῳδίᾱ",
"4": "",
"5": "singing, chanting"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, “singing, chanting”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "μέλος",
"3": "",
"4": "musical phrase"
},
"expansion": "μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἀοιδή",
"3": "",
"4": "song"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ᾠδή"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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).",
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"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Music",
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"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
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"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "harmony"
},
{
"word": "rhythm"
},
{
"word": "tone color"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cat's melody"
},
{
"word": "C melody"
},
{
"word": "countermelody"
},
{
"word": "melodic"
},
{
"word": "melodious"
},
{
"word": "melodium"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur",
"text": "Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase"
],
"id": "en-melody-en-noun-DwjPdTff",
"related": [
{
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"word": "scale"
},
{
"word": "tune"
},
{
"word": "harmony"
},
{
"word": "music"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "tune"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَحْن"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔuḡniyya",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أُغْنِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "لحن"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meġedi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "մեղեդի"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodiya"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "təranə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "nəğmə"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "köy",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "көй"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjelódyja",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мело́дыя"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "matýŭ",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маты́ў"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "napjéŭ",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напе́ў"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śur",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "সুর"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kerzenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "melódija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мело́дия"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napév",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напе́в"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "te:swa:",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "တေးသွား"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǔdiào",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǔzi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gēqǔ",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "歌曲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuánlǜ",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "旋律"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodie"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nápěv"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodio"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "meloodia"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lag"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "sävel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mélodie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodía"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "melodia",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "მელოდია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "hangi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ჰანგი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Melodie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "melodía",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μελωδία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "melōidía",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μελῳδία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mélos",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μέλος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "manginá",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַנגִינָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lákhan",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "לַחַן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "rāg",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "राग"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lay",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "लय"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tarānā",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "तराना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dhun",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "धुन"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "dallam"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melódia"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mëlotie"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lag"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodio"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "séis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"alt": "かきょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakyoku",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "歌曲"
},
{
"alt": "しらべ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirabe",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "調べ"
},
{
"alt": "せんりつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senritsu",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "旋律"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "merodī",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "メロディー"
},
{
"alt": "きょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyoku",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "äuen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "әуен"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "melodiä",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "мелодия"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "küi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "күй"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "saz",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "саз"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑt phleing",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "បទភ្លេង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mellodi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "멜로디"
},
{
"alt": "曲",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gok",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "곡"
},
{
"alt": "旋律",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonyul",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "선율"
},
{
"alt": "曲調",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gokjo",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "곡조"
},
{
"alt": "樂曲",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "akgok",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "악곡"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "awaz",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ئاواز"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "awaz"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "melodiya",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "мелодия"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "obon",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "обон"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "küü",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "күү"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "tham nǭng",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ທຳນອງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canor"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodija"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodija"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "melodija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодија"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "napev",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напев"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "rangi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "aja",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ая"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ajalguu",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "аялгуу"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mélodie"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "swinn"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "āhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آهنګ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "āhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اهنګ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lahǝn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لحن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "آهنگ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "melodi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ملودی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lahn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "لحن"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wies"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melódija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "мело́дия"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gd",
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],
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},
{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "mànran"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "мѐло̄дија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "mèlōdija"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melódia"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodía"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodiya"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ohang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "оҳанг"
},
{
"code": "tg",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "мелодия"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "lahn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "лаҳн"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "köy",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "көй"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tam-nɔɔng",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ทำนอง"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "kene"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ezgi"
},
{
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "mukam"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "saz"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "heň"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"code": "uk",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "uk",
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],
"word": "моти́в"
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"code": "uk",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "на́спів"
},
{
"code": "ur",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "آہنگ"
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"code": "ur",
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"code": "ur",
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{
"code": "ur",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "ug",
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"word": "مېلودىيە"
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"code": "ug",
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"code": "uz",
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{
"code": "uz",
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{
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "giai điệu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"code": "vo",
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"word": "melod"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alaw"
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"code": "yi",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "yi",
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"code": "yi",
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"code": "yi",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מעלאָדיע"
}
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]
}
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"word": "harmony"
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"word": "rhythm"
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"word": "tone color"
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},
{
"word": "C melody"
},
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},
{
"word": "melodic"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "melodium"
}
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"form": "melodies",
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{
"word": "scale"
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"word": "tune"
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{
"word": "harmony"
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"ref": "1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur",
"text": "Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَحْن"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔuḡniyya",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أُغْنِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "لحن"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meġedi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "մեղեդի"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodiya"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "təranə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "nəğmə"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "köy",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "көй"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjelódyja",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мело́дыя"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "маты́ў"
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{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напе́ў"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śur",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "সুর"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kerzenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "melódija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "bg",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напе́в"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "te:swa:",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "တေးသွား"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǔdiào",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲调"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "qǔzi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "gēqǔ",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "歌曲"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuánlǜ",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "旋律"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodie"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nápěv"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodio"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "meloodia"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lag"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "sävel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mélodie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodía"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "melodia",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "მელოდია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "hangi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ჰანგი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Melodie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "melodía",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μελωδία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "melōidía",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μελῳδία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mélos",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μέλος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "manginá",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַנגִינָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lákhan",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "לַחַן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "rāg",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "राग"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lay",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "लय"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tarānā",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "तराना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dhun",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "धुन"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "dallam"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melódia"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mëlotie"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lag"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodio"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "séis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"alt": "かきょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakyoku",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "歌曲"
},
{
"alt": "しらべ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirabe",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "調べ"
},
{
"alt": "せんりつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senritsu",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "旋律"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "merodī",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "メロディー"
},
{
"alt": "きょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyoku",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "曲"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "äuen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "әуен"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "melodiä",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "мелодия"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "küi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "күй"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "saz",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "саз"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑt phleing",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "បទភ្លេង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mellodi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "멜로디"
},
{
"alt": "曲",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gok",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "곡"
},
{
"alt": "旋律",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonyul",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "선율"
},
{
"alt": "曲調",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gokjo",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "곡조"
},
{
"alt": "樂曲",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "akgok",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "악곡"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "awaz",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ئاواز"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "awaz"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "melodiya",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "мелодия"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "obon",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "обон"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "küü",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "күү"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "tham nǭng",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ທຳນອງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canor"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodija"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodija"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "melodija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодија"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "napev",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напев"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "rangi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "aja",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ая"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ajalguu",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "аялгуу"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mélodie"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "swinn"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "āhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آهنګ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "āhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اهنګ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lahǝn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لحن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "آهنگ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "melodi",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ملودی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lahn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "لحن"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wies"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melódija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мело́дия"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napév",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "напе́в"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fonn"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "port"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mànran"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "мѐло̄дија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "напев"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "mèlōdija"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "napev"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melódia"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nápev"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodiya"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ohang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "оҳанг"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "melodiya",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "мелодия"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "lahn",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "лаҳн"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "köy",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "көй"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tam-nɔɔng",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ทำนอง"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "kene"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ezgi"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "mukam"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "saz"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "heň"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodiýa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "melódija",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мело́дія"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "motýv",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "náspiv",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́спів"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "āhang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آہنگ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "rāg",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "راگ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tarāna",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ترانہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dhun",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دھن"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mëlodiye",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "مېلودىيە"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ahang",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ئاھاڭ"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melodiya"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "ohang"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "tarona"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "giai điệu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "âm điệu"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"word": "melod"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alaw"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nign",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ניגון"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nigndl",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ניגונדל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nign",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ניגן"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "melodye",
"sense": "sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מעלאָדיע"
}
],
"word": "melody"
}
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