melodic

/məˈlɑdɪk/

/məˈlɒdɪk/

Something that's tuneful or pretty to listen to is melodic. If your French teacher has a friendly smile and a melodic voice, you could probably sit and listen to her talk for hours.

Anything sweet sounding — a bird's trill, a poet's voice, or the tune you sing in the shower — is melodic. A more technical meaning of the word is "containing melody," the definition a professional musician might use. Melody is a quality of music defined as "tunefulness" or "a satisfying series of notes." Music teachers play melodic patterns for their students to duplicate, and composers sometimes combine melodic phrases to form a symphony. The Greek root of melodic is melos, or "song."

Definitions of melodic

1. adjective

   containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
   synonyms: melodious, musical

   ariose, songlike

   having a melody (as distinguished from recitative)

   canorous, songful

   richly melodious

   cantabile, singing

   smooth and flowing

   dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet

   pleasing to the ear

   lyrical

   suitable for or suggestive of singing
2. adjective

   of or relating to melody
   “melodic harmony”