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melisma

Spanish, noun/meˈlisma/

melisma is spelled M-E-L-I-S-M-A (7 letters). Melisma is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “melisma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reunión de varias notas cantadas en una sílaba, en oposición al canto silábico o nota por sílaba, como el…”.

What does melisma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemelisma

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Reunión de varias notas cantadas en una sílaba, en oposición al canto silábico o nota por sílaba, como el recitativo. El canto melismático es un estilo dentro del canto gregoriano.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of melisma

  • melismas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce melisma?

  • /meˈlisma/
  • [meˈliz.ma]
  • [meˈlisma]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to melisma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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