melopeia
Portuguese, noun
melopeia is spelled M-E-L-O-P-E-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese, the 266,412th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melopeia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “melopoeia (the sound of words as a facet of poetry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, melopéia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of melopeia; may still occur as…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “música que acompanha recitais ou poesias”.
What does melopeia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemelopoeia (the sound of words as a facet of poetry)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of melopeia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide melopeia
noun: 1. música que acompanha recitais ou poesias 2. cantoria enfadonha
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of melopeia
- melopeias plural
- melopéia alternative
- melopéias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is melopeia in Portuguese?
melopeia appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).