melodramat

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélodrame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.lɔˈdra.mat/

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• Rhymes: -amat
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧dra‧mat

Noun

melodramat m inan

1. melodrama (literary genre)

   Synonym: melodrama

2. melodrama (film genre)

   Synonym: melodrama

3. (drama) melodrama (dramatic piece with musical accompaniment and melodeclamation, popular in Italy and France in the 17th and 18th centuries)

   Synonym: melodrama

4. (colloquial, figurative) melodrama (any situation or action which is blown out of proportion)

   Synonym: melodrama

Declension

Declension of melodramat

	singular	plural
nominative	melodramat	melodramaty
genitive	melodramatu	melodramatów
dative	melodramatowi	melodramatom
accusative	melodramat	melodramaty
instrumental	melodramatem	melodramatami
locative	melodramacie	melodramatach
vocative	melodramacie	melodramaty

Derived terms

adjective

• melodramatyczny

 

noun

• melodramatyzm

 

verb

• melodramatyzować impf

 

Related terms

adverb

• melodramatycznie

 

nouns

• melodrama
• melodramatyczność

 

Further reading

• melodramat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• melodramat in Polish dictionaries at PWN