melomania
See also: melomanía
English
Etymology
From melo- + -mania, after French mélomanie.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɛlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
Noun
melomania (uncountable)
Derived terms
Translations
an abnormal love of music
References
- ^ “melomania”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ia
- IPA(key): /me.lo.maˈni.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: me‧lo‧ma‧nì‧a
Noun
melomania f (plural melomanie)
Related terms
Further reading
- melomania in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- melomania in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- melomanìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- melomanìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Portuguese
Etymology
From melo- + -mania, on the model of French mélomanie.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɛ.lɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ/
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: me‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a
Noun
melomania f (uncountable)
- melomania
- Synonym: musicomania
Related terms
- melofilia
- melómano
Further reading
- “melomania”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “melomania”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “melomania” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “melomania”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “melomania”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “melomania”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025