melodica

See also: melódica and mélodica

English

Etymology

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Noun

melodica (plural melodicas)

1. A free-reed keyboard wind instrument.
   • 2009 July 28, Nate Chinen, “From Babble to Rhythm, Cuban Style”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     On “Seven by Seven” it was the reedy blend of two melodicas, played by Mr. Apfelbaum and Mr. Valera over a haunting drone.

Translations

free-reed keyboard wind instrument

• Catalan: melòdica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口風琴／口风琴 (zh) (kǒufēngqín)

• Finnish: melodika (fi)
• French: mélodica (fr) m
• Greek: μελόντικα (el) f (melóntika)
• Indonesian: pianika (id)
• Portuguese: escaleta f

Anagrams

• amelodic, cameloid

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlɔ.di.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔdika
• Hyphenation: me‧lò‧di‧ca

Adjective

melodica

1. feminine singular of melodico

Anagrams

• maledico