メロディー

メロディー · merodeィu · JLPT N1 · noun

tune

🎵 English melody from Greek melos (song) + ōidē (ode): a song-ode, so the word is a song

Loanword from English melody, from Greek melos (song) and ōidē (ode). The ー at the end marks a stretched vowel, so the last sound is held longer.

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