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melodramat.

melodrama (literary genre)

10 characters4 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛ.lɔˈdra.mat/

  1. melodrama (literary genre)

    inanimate · masculine

  2. melodrama (film genre)

    inanimate · masculine

  3. melodrama (dramatic piece with musical accompaniment and melodeclamation, popular in Italy and France in the 17th and 18th centuries)

    inanimate · masculine

  4. melodrama (any situation or action which is blown out of proportion)

    colloquial · figuratively · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos)bor. French mélo- Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Latin drāmabor. French drame French mélodramebor. Polish melodramat Borrowed from French mélodrame.

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