prosody

1 the patterns of stress and intonation in a language [syn: inflection]

2 (prosody) a system of versification [syn: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern]

3 the study of poetic meter and the art of versification [syn: metrics]

English

Etymology

From etyl frm prosodie, from etyl la prosodia, from etyl grc προσῳδία, from πρός + ᾠδή.

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈpɹɒzədi/|/ˈpɹəʊzədi/, /"prQs.@.dI/
• a US /ˈpɻɑsədi/

Noun

1. The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

Derived terms

• prosodic

Translations

• Croatian: prozodija
• Dutch: prosodie
• French: prosodie
• Italian: prosodia
• Polish: prozodia

Prosody may refer to:

• Prosody (linguistics), the study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech
• Prosody (poetry), the study of poetic meter
• Prosody (music), the way the composer sets the text of a vocal composition in the assignment of syllables to notes in the melody to which the text is sung

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