how to pronounce melody

/ˈmɛlədiː/

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the above transcription of melody is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

melody is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of melody pronunciation

An example use of melody in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and it's actually not a bad melody you …”

meanings of melody

noun:

Tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

name:

A female given name from English.

melody frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word melody occurs in english on average 9.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics melody can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that melody can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;