English → Latin
“melody” in Latin
suāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticalnumerusnumber; Roman military unit; collection, quantitysonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character, style; voice, tongue
The English word melody itself goes back to Latin melōdia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
melody
sonus dulcis, suavis, elegans (of style, etc.); numerus: sonus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for melody?
- The usual Latin words for “melody” are suāvis, ēlegāns, numerus; also sonus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.