melodiare

Italian

Etymology

From melodia (“melody”) +‎ -are (1^st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.loˈdja.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧dià‧re

Verb

melodiàre (no first-person singular present, first-person singular past historic melodiài, no past participle, no first-person singular subjunctive, no second-person singular imperative)

1. (transitive, intransitive, literary, rare) to sing or play (music), following a melody

Usage notes

• This compound verb has an alternative form (melodizzare) that is used even more in the entire verbal paradigm. Both variants are not used in rhizotonic form based on the first element (the Greek root melos), but the stress falls on the second stem (ᾠδή (ōidḗ), from the verb ἀείδειν (aeídein, “to sing”)) which was absorbed by the Latin verb audīre. Hence the same by the Italian verb udire.
• Example: "ho melodzzàto" is more standardized and equivalent to "io melodiài", because the Italian language uses frequently the passato prossimo and very rarely the "past historic" (passato remoto).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of melodiàre (-are; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	melodiàre
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		melodiàndo
present participle		melodiànte	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	melodiàmo	melodiàte	—
imperfect	melodiàvo	melodiàvi	melodiàva	melodiavàmo	melodiavàte	melodiàvano
past historic	melodiài	melodiàsti	melodiò	melodiàmmo	melodiàste	melodiàrono
future	melodierò	melodierài	melodierà	melodierémo	melodieréte	melodierànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	melodierèi	melodierésti	melodierèbbe, melodierébbe	melodierémmo	melodieréste	melodierèbbero, melodierébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	melodiàmo	melodiàte	—
imperfect	melodiàssi	melodiàssi	melodiàsse	melodiàssimo	melodiàste	melodiàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	melodiàmo	melodiàte	—
negative imperative		—	—	non melodiàmo	non melodiàte	—

Related terms

• melodia
• melodico
• melodioso

Further reading

• melodiare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication