mélo
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.lo/
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Noun
mélo m (plural mélos)
Adjective
mélo (invariable)
- (colloquial) clipping of mélodramatique (“melodramatic”)
- 1985, “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo”, performed by Ruth:
- Humanoïde, incognito / Amour impossible et mélo
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- → Italian: mélo
Further reading
- “mélo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French mélo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈlo/*
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
mélo m (invariable)
- (rare) melodrama
- Synonym: melodramma
Adjective
mélo (invariable)
- (rare) melodramatic
- Synonym: melodrammatico
Related terms
Further reading
- melo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana