melodican.

Brit.

/mᵻˈlɒdᵻkə/, U.S.

/məˈlɑdəkə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: melody n., harmonica n.

Etymology: < melody n. + -ica (in harmonica n.), after German Melodica (1772 or earlier in sense 1; the work cited in quot. 1961 at sense 2 attributes the name and the instrument to the German company Matt. Hohner AG, who today market such instruments under the name Melodica).

Music.

1. A small pipe organ, invented by J. A. Stein of Vienna. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun]

organc1380

a pair (also set) of organs1422

box of whistles1678

kist o' whistles1772

set1795

whistle-kist1843

pipe organ1862

melodica1890

1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Melodica, a small variety of pipe organ invented by J. A. Stein in 1770.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 789/1 Grenié's invention, the Orgue Expressif, became the parent of a progeny including the..Melodica, Melodicon..[etc.]—little more than the names of most of which survive.

2. A wind instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > other wind instruments > [noun]

gora1822–4

drone pipe1905

didgeridoo1924

jug1946

molimo1957

melodica1961

yidaki1977

1961 J. Howarth in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiii. 326 The ‘Melodica’ is a chromatic mouth-organ held like a recorder and fingered with a miniature piano-style keyboard.

1978 Times 15 July 2/4 (caption) Pupils..playing a Swanee whistle..and a Melodica, a wind keyboard.

1992 Option July 118/3 There's a hushed, minimalist opening piece with a piano ostinato, random percussion, and a melodica melody line.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melodica
释义	melodican. Brit. /mᵻˈlɒdᵻkə/, U.S. /məˈlɑdəkə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: melody n., harmonica n. Etymology: < melody n. + -ica (in harmonica n.), after German Melodica (1772 or earlier in sense 1; the work cited in quot. 1961 at sense 2 attributes the name and the instrument to the German company Matt. Hohner AG, who today market such instruments under the name Melodica). Music. 1. A small pipe organ, invented by J. A. Stein of Vienna. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] organc1380 a pair (also set) of organs1422 box of whistles1678 kist o' whistles1772 set1795 whistle-kist1843 pipe organ1862 melodica1890 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Melodica, a small variety of pipe organ invented by J. A. Stein in 1770. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 789/1 Grenié's invention, the Orgue Expressif, became the parent of a progeny including the..Melodica, Melodicon..[etc.]—little more than the names of most of which survive. 2. A wind instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > other wind instruments > [noun] gora1822–4 drone pipe1905 didgeridoo1924 jug1946 molimo1957 melodica1961 yidaki1977 1961 J. Howarth in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiii. 326 The ‘Melodica’ is a chromatic mouth-organ held like a recorder and fingered with a miniature piano-style keyboard. 1978 Times 15 July 2/4 (caption) Pupils..playing a Swanee whistle..and a Melodica, a wind keyboard. 1992 Option July 118/3 There's a hushed, minimalist opening piece with a piano ostinato, random percussion, and a melodica melody line. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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