different between mellifluous vs melodic

English

Etymology

From Latin mellifluus (“flowing like honey”), from mel (“honey”) + flu? (“flow”). Compare superfluous and fluid, from same root, and with dulcet (“sweet speech”), alternative Latinate term with a similar meaning.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m??l?flu.?s/, /m??l?flu.?s/

Adjective

mellifluous (comparative more mellifluous, superlative most mellifluous)

1. Flowing like honey.
2. (figuratively) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).

   Synonyms: birdsweet, dulcet, euphonious, mellifluent

   • 1853: Sir Egerton Brydges, "Life of Milton"

     No verses can be more mellifluous than Petrarch's: something of this will perhaps be attributed to the softness of the Italian language; but the English tongue is also capable of it, however obstinately Johnson may have pronounced otherwise.

Derived terms

• mellifluousness

Related terms

• melliloquent
• superfluous

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélodique.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [m??l???k]
• Rhymes: -?d?k

Adjective

melodic (comparative more melodic, superlative most melodic)

1. Of, relating to, or having melody.
2. Melodious, tuneful.

Derived terms

• melodically

Related terms

• melody

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French mélodique

Adjective

melodic m or n (feminine singular melodic?, masculine plural melodici, feminine and neuter plural melodice)

1. melodic

Declension

Related terms

• melodie