Definition
A melody is a sequence of musical notes that sound like a single, recognizable tune. It is often the part of the music you can hum or sing along with.
Etymology
From Old French “melodie”, from Latin “melodia”, from Greek “melōidia” meaning 'singing, a choral song', from “melos” 'song' and “ōidē” 'ode, song'. It originally referred to singing, not just instrumental tunes. Over time, it came to mean any line of musical notes forming a tune.
Kelly Says
Melody literally started as 'singing song' in Greek—song squared. Even in complex music, the melody is the part your brain latches onto so strongly that you can recognize it in a totally different key, tempo, or instrument.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መል ODI
meh-loh-dee
ARالعربية
مَوَالِح
maw-a-liħ
CACatalà
melodia
meh-loh-dee-a
CSČeština
melodie
meh-loh-dee
DADansk
melodi
meh-loh-dee
DEDeutsch
Melodie
meh-loh-dee
ELΕλληνικά
μελωδία
meh-loh-dee-ah
ESEspañol
melodía
meh-loh-dee-ah
FISuomi
melodia
meh-loh-dee-a
FRFrançais
mélodie
meh-loh-dee
HEעברית
מלוּדְיָה
meh-loh-dee-yah
IDBahasa Indonesia
melodi
meh-loh-dee
IGIG
imelodi
ee-meh-loh-dee
ITItaliano
melodia
meh-loh-dee-ah
KKKK
мелодия
meh-loh-dee-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
melodi
meh-loh-dee
NLNederlands
melodie
meh-loh-dee
NONorsk
melodi
meh-loh-dee
PLPolski
melodia
meh-loh-dee-ya
PTPortuguês
melodia
meh-loh-dee-ah
RORomână
melodie
meh-loh-dee-e
RUРусский
мелодия
meh-loh-dee-ya
SVSvenska
melodi
meh-loh-dee
SWKiswahili
melody
meh-loh-dee
TRTürkçe
melodi
meh-loh-dee
UKУкраїнська
мелодія
meh-loh-dee-ya
URاردو
مَوَالِح
maw-a-liħ
VITiếng Việt
nhạc điệu
nahk-dee-eu
ZUZU
imelodi
ee-meh-loh-dee