mélisme
French, noun\me.lism\
mélisme is spelled M-É-L-I-S-M-E (7 letters). Mélisme is a French masculine noun meaning “melisma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Modulation de plusieurs notes sur la même syllabe d’un mot”.
What does mélisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemelisma
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Modulation de plusieurs notes sur la même syllabe d’un mot.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mélisme
- mélismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mélisme?
- \me.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mélisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.