mélo
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mélo m (plural mélos)
- (colloquial) Clipping of mélodrame (“melodrama”).
Adjective edit
mélo (invariable)
- (colloquial) Clipping of mélodramatique (“melodramatic”).
- 1985, “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo”, performed by Ruth:
- Humanoïde, incognito / Amour impossible et mélo
Descendants edit
- → Italian: mélo
Further reading edit
- “mélo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French mélo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mélo m (invariable)
- (rare) melodrama
- Synonym: melodramma
Adjective edit
mélo (invariable)
- (rare) melodramatic
- Synonym: melodrammatico
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- melo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana