melodramat

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélodrame.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ.lɔˈdra.mat/
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  • Rhymes: -amat
  • Syllabification: me‧lo‧dra‧mat

Noun

melodramat m inan

  1. melodrama (literary genre)
    Synonym: melodrama
  2. melodrama (film genre)
    Synonym: melodrama
  3. (drama) melodrama (dramatic piece with musical accompaniment and melodeclamation, popular in Italy and France in the 17th and 18th centuries)
    Synonym: melodrama
  4. (colloquial, figurative) melodrama (any situation or action which is blown out of proportion)
    Synonym: melodrama

Declension

Declension of melodramat
singular plural
nominative melodramat melodramaty
genitive melodramatu melodramatów
dative melodramatowi melodramatom
accusative melodramat melodramaty
instrumental melodramatem melodramatami
locative melodramacie melodramatach
vocative melodramacie melodramaty

Derived terms

adjective
  • melodramatyczny
noun
  • melodramatyzm
verb
  • melodramatyzować impf
adverb
  • melodramatycznie
nouns

Further reading

  • melodramat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • melodramat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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