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PRONUNCIATION OF MELPOMENE

Melpomene  [mɛlˈpɒmɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELPOMENE

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conjunction
determiner
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Melpomene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MELPOMENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Melpomene

Melpomene

Melpomene, initially the Muse of Singing, she then became the Muse of Tragedy, for which she is best known now. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpô or melpomai meaning "to celebrate with dance and song." She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors. Often, she also holds a knife or club in one hand and the tragic mask in the other. Melpomene is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Her sisters include Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Thalia, Polyhymnia, and Urania. In Roman and Greek poetry, it was traditional to invoke the goddess Melpomene so that one might create beautiful lyrical phrases.

Definition of Melpomene in the English dictionary

The definition of Melpomene in the dictionary is the Muse of tragedy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELPOMENE


bigeminy
baɪˈdʒemɪnɪ
crimine
ˈkrɪmɪnɪ
criminy
ˈkrɪmɪnɪ
dominee
ˈduːmɪnɪ
dominie
ˈdɒmɪnɪ
feminie
ˈfɛmɪnɪ
geminy
ˈdʒɛmɪnɪ
hominy
ˈhɒmɪnɪ
ignominy
ˈɪɡnəˌmɪnɪ
jiminy
ˈdʒɪmɪnɪ
jimminy
ˈdʒɪmɪnɪ
micromini
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmɪnɪ
miminy-piminy
ˌmɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ
mini
ˈmɪnɪ
minnie
ˈmɪnɪ
niminy-piminy
ˈnɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ
postliminy
pəʊstˈlɪmɪnɪ
Rimini
ˈrɪmɪnɪ
supermini
ˈsuːpəˌmɪnɪ
verminy
ˈvɜːmɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELPOMENE

Melos
melphalan
Melrose Abbey
melt
meltability
meltable
meltage
meltdown
meltemi
melter
melting
melting point
melting pot
meltingly
meltingness
meltith
melton
melton cloth
Melton Mowbray

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELPOMENE

Alcmene
amene
anadyomene
bene
chromene
cymene
gene
Greene
hegumene
hygiene
Irene
Lake Trasimene
nene
obscene
propylene
scene
sene
sex scene
spodumene
Trasimene

Synonyms and antonyms of Melpomene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Melpomene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELPOMENE

Find out the translation of Melpomene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Melpomene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Melpomene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Melpomene
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Melpómene
570 millions of speakers

English

Melpomene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Melpomene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Melpomene
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мельпомена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Melpomene
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Melpomene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Melpomène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melpomene
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Melpomene
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メルポメネ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

멜 포메 네
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melpomene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Melpomene
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Melpomene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेलपोमिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Melpomene
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Melpomene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

melpomene
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мельпомена
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Melpomene
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μελπομένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melpomene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Melpomene
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Melpomene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Melpomene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELPOMENE»

The term «Melpomene» is normally little used and occupies the 121.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELPOMENE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Melpomene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELPOMENE»

Discover the use of Melpomene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Melpomene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thespis and Melpomene, a lyrical drama
Melpomene, Melpomene, lov'd one, Just gods, cold thy lips, what direful deed Foul vengeance beat upon us. Melpomene. Thespis love. Thank, love, I am as well as heretofore ; I was decoy 'd to sail in snare made ship By Discord's hired ...
A. Arterton, 1885
2
The Histories Book 4: Melpomene
Book. 4,. Melpomene. 1. After Babylon had been taken,themarch of Dariushimselfagainstthe Scythians took place: for now thatAsia was flourishinginrespectof population, and large sums were being gathered in as revenue, Darius formed the ...
Herodotus, 2012
3
Threnodia Augustalis: or, The wreath of Melpomene for the ...
WREATH. OF. MELPOMENE. Comb. OF CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA. To Claremont's terrac'd heights and Esher's groves, Where, in the sweetest solitude embrac'd, By the soft windings of the silent Mole, From courts and cities Charlotte found ...
Charlotte Augusta (princess of Gt. Britain.), 1817
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Astronomical and Meteorological Observations Made During the ...
8 51.0 25. 3 11.3 15.9 1.7 :;g. 3 8 24. 9 31.4 57. 3 58. 2 52. 3 25. 8 • 2. 3 ;6. 1 53. 3 27. 3 59.8 13. 8 1. 7 :i(;. o 2. 1 :!6. 2 22. 2 56. 7 12. 8 47. 5 9.3 13. 9 8.7 51. 9 27. 3 51.8 27.5 16. 2 52. 5 Melpomene . - - 151. 6| 2. 8 Weisse VIII, 1146 . 20. 2131.
Naval Observatory (Washington, DC), 1862
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Astronomical, Magnetic and Meteorological Observations Made ...
MELPOMENE. S 3. :; 9. с ¡4. 9 (5.9 29. 9 3.6 10.0 14.0 11.(1 i. 2 37. 7 11.8 39.2 13.7 39.7 13.9 59.7 ¡4. 5 ... Weisse VIII, 1146 Melpomene - Weisse VIII, 1146 Melpomene - Weisse VIII, 1146 Melpomene . Weirec VIII, 1146 Melpomene . Weisse ...
‎1862
6
Orbital Resonance
Adolescence on an asteroid has Melpomene torn between the desires in her heart and the responsibilities of her destined future as a leading force in the salvation of a ravaged Earth
John Barnes, 1992
7
The Bodywise woman: reliable information about physical ...
Discusses menstrual problems, pregnancy, child fitness, aging, sports injuries, body image and the benefits of exercise
Melpomene Institute for Women's Health Research, 1990
8
The Fighting Temeraire: The Battle of Trafalgar and the Ship ...
Perhaps they knew what was coming from their local knowledge of weather conditions in the Great Belt, for they were certainly ready when the wind died and the Melpomene was forced to anchor. With no wind she had no steerage way, and ...
Sam Willis, 2012
9
The Turf Register and Sportsman & Breeder's Stud-book: ...
5lb. two-mile heats, beating Mr. Brown's Fanny-0 ! by Young Trunnion ; Mr. Hutton's Ferret, by a Brother lo Silvio; and Mr. Morley's Don Antonio, by Dimple: — At starting, 2 lo 1 on Melpomene; alter the heat, 2 to 1 on Antonio. — Melpomene ...
William Pick, R. Johnson, 1805
10
Herodotus: A sketch of the life of Herodotus. Chio. Euterpe. ...
Herodotus. dough they knead with their feet; whilst in the removal of mud and dang, they do not scruple to use their hands. Male children, except in those places which have borrowed the custom from hence, are left in other nations as nature ...
Herodotus, 1806

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELPOMENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Melpomene is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Orleans real estate transfers
Melpomene St. 1132-34: Robin G. Yates to Melpomene Ventures II LLC, $289,000. S. Telemachus St. 417: Matthew F. Morgan to Tyler A. Reed ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
2
High nucleotide diversity and limited linkage disequilibrium in …
A genetic linkage map of the mimetic butterfly Heliconius melpomene. Genetics 171: 557–570. | Article | PubMed | ISI | CAS |; Langley CH, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
How do you pronounce Tchoupitoulas? Get #StreetWise!
... that air regularly on WWNO FM-89.9. Listen to the last two segments, on Melpomene and Chartres, by clicking on the SoundCloud files. «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
4
New Orleans property transfers, June 12-24, 2015
1132-34: $289,000, Robin G. Yates to Melpomene Ventures II LLC. NOTRE DAME ST. 425, 433, 437, UNIT 501: $1,575,000, 425 Notre Dame ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
5
Classic Pop Songs Entertain in CRT's 'Xanadu'
Clio faces the wrath of her father, Zeus, and the jealousy of her sisters, Melpomene and Calliope, while struggling to fit in as a mortal as she ... «UConn Today, Jul 15»
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Big Freedia's new memoir digs deep into New Orleans culture
... an album (1998's "Melpomene Block Party," on the Take Fo label.) Freedia hit the bounce stage first as a backup performer with Katey; later, ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
7
Go Behind-the-Scenes with Connecticut Rep's XANADU!
Clio faces the jealousy of her two sisters, Melpomene and Calliope, the wrath of her father Zeus, and the struggles of fitting in as a mortal as she ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Wellard: 'Xanadu' showcases a talented, inspired cast
... moments come when the two colluding, "ugly Muse sisters," Sheri Sanders (Calliope) ) and Jodi Kimura ( Melpomene,) set about to stop Clio. «Hilton Head Island Packet, Jun 15»
9
Drinking Culture
Melpomene and Derbigny and Fontainebleau. Flowers and razor wire and graffiti. A veritable high school photography portfolio. Neighbors played volleyball on ... «NOLA Defender, Jun 15»
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Listening Post and NOLA Neighborhoods ask: How do you …
The Listening Post team — Jesse Hardman, Kate Richardson and Laine Kaplan-Levenson — will be on location Friday at Melpomene and ... «NOLA.com, Jun 15»

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