prosody

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
2. (countable, uncountable) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

Synonyms

metrics

versification

rhythmic pattern

inflection

poetic rhythm

prosodic

assonance

rhythm

rhythmics

verse

imambic

rhyme

cadence

intonation

metric

poetry

Translations

prosodie

prosòdia

prosodia

prosódia

prosodia

Prosodie

προσωδία

μετρική

prosodie

Satzrhythmus

vezin

Verslehre

prosodisch

عرُوض

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒzədi/

Etymology

From Middle French prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).