mélopée

See also: melopee

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin melopoeia, from Ancient Greek μελοποία (melopoía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.lɔ.pe/

Noun

mélopée f (plural mélopées)

(music) melopoeia
monotonous chant, dirge
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
  Là, ça čommençait juste. J’avais une sorte de mélopée qui provenait du panneau de basket.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“mélopée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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