"prosody" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɒzədi/ [UK], /ˈpɹɒsədi/ [UK], /ˈpɹəʊzədi/ [UK], /ˈpɹɑzədi/ [US], /ˈpɹɑsədi/ [US], /ˈpɹoʊzədi/ [US] Audio: en-us-prosody.ogg [US] Forms: prosodies [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|prosodie}} Middle French prosodie, {{der|en|la|prosōdia}} Latin prosōdia, {{der|en|grc|προσῳδία||song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable}} Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), {{m|grc|πρός||to}} πρός (prós, “to”), {{m|grc|ᾠδή||song}} ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prosody (countable and uncountable, plural prosodies)
  1. (linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech): прозодия (prozodija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), prosòdia [feminine] (Catalan), 詩體學 (Chinese Mandarin), 诗体学 (shītǐxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 韻律學 (Chinese Mandarin), 韵律学 (yùnlǜxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 詩律學 (Chinese Mandarin), 诗律学 (shīlǜxué) (Chinese Mandarin), prozódie [feminine] (Czech), prosodi [common-gender] (Danish), prosodie [feminine] (Dutch), prozodio (Esperanto), prosodia (Finnish), prosodie [feminine] (French), prosodia [feminine] (Galician), prosódia (reintergrationist) [feminine] (Galician), Prosodie [feminine] (German), prozódia (Hungarian), prosóid [feminine] (Irish), prosodia [feminine] (Italian), ឆន្ទវិទ្យា (cʰantea’ vityie) (Khmer), wezn [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), prosodi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prozodia [feminine] (Polish), prosódia [feminine] (Portuguese), prosodie [feminine] (Romanian), просо́дия (prosódija) [feminine] (Russian), toinneolas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), prosodia [feminine] (Spanish), prosodi [common-gender] (Swedish), สัทสัมพันธ์ (sàt-tá-sǎm-pan) (Thai), vezin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-prosody-en-noun-aylW66Uq Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech': 78 22
  2. (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry, Prosody Translations (poetry: study of poetic meter etc): عَرُوض (ʕarūḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), عِلْمُ العَرُوض (ʕilmu al-ʕarūḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), прозодия (prozodija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 詩體學 (Chinese Mandarin), 诗体学 (shītǐxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 韻律學 (Chinese Mandarin), 韵律学 (yùnlǜxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 詩律學 (Chinese Mandarin), 诗律学 (shīlǜxué) (Chinese Mandarin), prozódie [feminine] (Czech), prosodie [feminine] (Dutch), prozodio (Esperanto), metriko (Esperanto), metriikka (Finnish), prosodie [feminine] (French), prosodia [feminine] (Galician), prosódia (reintergrationist) [feminine] (Galician), Verslehre (German), προσωδία (prosodía) [feminine] (Greek), μετρική (metrikí) [feminine] (Greek), prozódia (Hungarian), bragfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), prosóid [feminine] (Irish), ឆន្ទវិទ្យា (cʰantea’ vityie) (Khmer), wezn [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), prozodia [feminine] (Polish), prosódia [feminine] (Portuguese), metrică [feminine] (Romanian), просо́дия (prosódija) [feminine] (Russian), toinneolas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), rannaidheachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), prozódia [feminine] (Slovak), prosodia [feminine] (Spanish), ฉันทลักษณ์ (chǎn-tá-lák) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-prosody-en-noun-rB0723Vo Disambiguation of Prosody: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'poetry: study of poetic meter etc': 18 82
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Derived forms: prosodeme, prosodic

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "metrikí",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μετρική"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "word": "prozódia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bragfræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prosóid"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cʰantea’ vityie",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "word": "ឆន្ទវិទ្យា"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wezn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prozodia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prosódia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metrică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosódija",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "просо́дия"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toinneolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rannaidheachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prozódia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prosodia"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chǎn-tá-lák",
      "sense": "poetry: study of poetic meter etc",
      "word": "ฉันทลักษณ์"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Prosody"
  ],
  "word": "prosody"
}

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