melpomene

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy

   BroaderMuse

   Greek mythology

Other forms of melpomene

plural

melpomenes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about melpomene

What does melpomene mean?

melpomene means "(Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy".

How many syllables are in melpomene?

melpomene has 3 syllables and divides as mel-po-mene under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.