Melodieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Old French melodie, from Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía). First attested in c. 1300.

発音

• IPA: /ˌmɛlɔˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈmɛlɔˌdiː(ə)/, /ˌmɛləˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈmɛləˌdiː(ə)/

名詞

melodie (plural melodies)

1. Melodiousness; the quality of being musically harmonious or pleasant.
2. Pleasant music (or sound with a musical quality, such as birdsong or the music of the spheres).
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 9-10:

     And smale foweles maken melodẏe / That slepen al the nẏght wıth open Iẏe

     And small birds make melodies, / sleeping all night with an open eye.

3. (by extension) Harmony; a pleasant concord or unity.
4. (uncommon) A song; a musical composition or work.
5. (rare) A group of harpists.

関連する語

• melodious

派生した語

• English: melody
• Middle Scots: melodie, melody
  • Scots: melody

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