noun pl. melodies
- pleasing sounds or arrangement of sounds in sequence
- musical quality, as in the arrangement of words
- Music
- a sequence of single tones, usually in the same key or mode, to produce a rhythmic whole; often, a tune, air, or song
- the element of form having to do with the arrangement of single tones in sequence
- the leading part, or voice, in a harmonic composition; the air
Origin:
ME melodie < OFr < LL melodia < Gr melōidia < melos, song (see melic) + aeidein, to sing: see ode