melody

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

   Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.

2. 2
   name

   A female given name from English.

   Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.

3. 3
   noun

   the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

4. 4
   noun

   a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

5. 5
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

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).