rhythmic

English

WOTD – 22 May 2006

Alternative forms

• rythmic
• rhythmick (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/, /ˈɹɪð.mək/

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Adjective

rhythmic (comparative more rhythmic, superlative most rhythmic)

1. Of or relating to rhythm.
2. Characterized by rhythm.
3. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
4. With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

Derived terms

• arhythmic
• arrhythmic
• biorhythmic
• dysrhythmic
• idiorrhythmic
• rhythmic
• irrhythmic
• isorhythmic
• polyrhythmic
• rhythmic contemporary
• rhythmic gesture
• rhythmic gymnast
• rhythmic gymnastics
• rhythmic pattern
• rhythmic unit
• rhythmical
• rhythmicize
• unrhythmic

Translations

of or relating to rhythm

• Bulgarian: ритмичен (bg) (ritmičen)
• Catalan: rítmic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節律的／节律的 (zh) (jiélǜ de)

• Dutch: ritmisch (nl)
• Finnish: rytmikäs (fi)
• Galician: rítmico m
• Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli)
• German: rhythmisch (de)
• Portuguese: rítmico (pt)
• Russian: ритми́чный (ru) (ritmíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail
• Slovene: ritmičen
• Spanish: rítmico (es)
• Welsh: rhythmig (cy)

characterized by rhythm

• Catalan: rítmic
• Dutch: ritmisch (nl)
• Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli)
• German: rhythmisch (de)
• Maori: manawataki
• Portuguese: rítmico (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail
• Spanish: rítmico (es), acompasado (es), cadencioso (es)
• Welsh: rhythmig (cy)

written in verse, especially rhyming verse

• Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail

with regular, repetitive motion or sound

• Dutch: ritmisch (nl)
• Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli), თანაბარი (tanabari), პერიოდული (ṗerioduli), ციკლური (ciḳluri)
• German: rhythmisch (de)
• Portuguese: rítmico (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail
• Welsh: rhythmig (cy)