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medley en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɛdli/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle.
   • Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
   • For greater shields they have, than that they can either doe or see ought, and being raunged by hundreds no doubt they will hinder one another in the medley, except some very few 1632, Xenophon, translated by Philemon Holland, Cyrupaedia:
2. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
   • a fruit medley
   • this medley of philosophy and war 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 31:
   • Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. 1692, William Walsh, Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant:
3. A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
   • They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
4. A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
5. A cloth of mixed colours.
   • Otherwise , as our Saviour noteth , when the old Cloth was joyned to the new , it made no good medley , but the Rent was made the wors 1631, Thomas Fuller, Comment on Ruth , Chapter 1, verses 9, 10, 11:

Forms

Deriveds

chaud-medley · individual medley · chance-medley · Dutch medley

Relateds

melee · meddle

Synonyms

mashup · macédoine

Translations (98)

ja 混成曲 (collection of related songs) · sv potpurri (collection of related songs) · sh smjesa (collection or mixture of things) · ko 혼성곡 (collection of related songs) · fr mélange (collection or mixture of things) · de bunte Mischung (collection or mixture of things) · de bunter Melodienstrauß (collection of related songs) · cs polohovka (swimming event) · de Melodienfolge (collection of related songs) · gl mestura (collection or mixture of things) · bg смес (collection or mixture of things) · ru смесь (collection or mixture of things) · id rampaian (collection or mixture of things) · fr salade (collection or mixture of things) · de Liederstrauß (collection of related songs) · nl wisselslag (swimming event) · fr pot-pourri (collection of related songs) · ru мешани́на (collection or mixture of things) · it mescolanza (collection or mixture of things) · pt potpourri (collection of related songs) · hu egyveleg (collection of related songs) · hy խառնուրդ (collection or mixture of things) · bg съчетано плуване (swimming event) · pt estilos (swimming event) · ko 메들리 (collection of related songs) · ru попурри́ (collection of related songs) · it macedonia (collection or mixture of things) · he מַחֲרֹזֶת (collection of related songs) · fa آمیزه (collection or mixture of things) · ru смеше́ние (collection or mixture of things) · ru ко́мплексное пла́вание (swimming event) · de Melodienreigen (collection of related songs) · it varietà (collection of related songs) · ko 연결곡 (collection of related songs) · da medley (collection of related songs) · de Allerlei (collection or mixture of things) · oc mescladís (collection of related songs) · hu vegyesúszás (swimming event) · it misto (collection or mixture of things) · es tótum revolútum (collection or mixture of things) · pdt Mischmausch (collection or mixture of things) · ko 혼영 (swimming event) · ro amestec (collection or mixture of things) · fr 4 nages (swimming event) · bg потпури (collection of related songs) · fi sekoitus (collection or mixture of things) · fi yhdistelmä (collection or mixture of things) · es batiburrillo (collection or mixture of things) · es amalgama (collection or mixture of things) · da medley (swimming event) · pt pot-pourri (collection of related songs) · cmn 混成曲 (collection of related songs) · ro amestecătură (collection or mixture of things) · de Lagenschwimmen (swimming event) · ro potpuriu (collection of related songs) · fi sikermä (collection of related songs) · oc mescladís (collection or mixture of things) · fi sekauinti (swimming event) · la farrāgō (collection or mixture of things) · hu egyveleg (collection or mixture of things) · sl venček (collection of related songs) · id empat renang gaya ganti (swimming event) · it miscuglio (collection or mixture of things) · vi liên khúc (collection of related songs) · fa آهنگ (collection of related songs) · es miscelánea (collection or mixture of things) · es popurrí (collection or mixture of things) · ko 혼계영 (swimming event) · sh mješavina (collection or mixture of things) · cs megamix (collection of related songs) · it misto (swimming event) · es revoltijo (collection or mixture of things) · de buntes Durcheinander (collection or mixture of things) · ro probă mixt (swimming event) · id pancasuara (collection of related songs) · it insieme (collection of related songs) · ja メドレー (collection of related songs) · es popurrí (collection of related songs) · es mosaico (collection of related songs) · es mescolanza (collection or mixture of things) · oc pachòla (collection of related songs) · pt medley (swimming event) · id lagu rampai (collection of related songs) · de Medley (collection of related songs) · hu keverék (collection or mixture of things) · cmn 混合曲 (collection of related songs) · it potpourri (collection of related songs) · oc mixtura (collection or mixture of things) · mi kautakawhitiwhiti (swimming event) · fi potpuri (collection of related songs) · cmn 集成曲 (collection of related songs) · de Potpourri (collection of related songs) · oc barrejadís (collection or mixture of things) · ja 接続曲 (collection of related songs) · nl potpourri (collection of related songs) · bg смесица (collection or mixture of things) · es variedad (collection of related songs) · cs polohový závod (swimming event)

wikidata: Q13582719

medley en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛdli/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.

Meanings

1. To combine, to form a medley.

Forms