prosody

English

WOTD – 12 May 2008

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒzədi/, /ˈpɹɒsədi/, /ˈpɹəʊzədi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑzədi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

prosody (countable and uncountable, plural prosodies)

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

Derived terms

• prosodic

Translations

linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech

• Catalan: prosòdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詩體學／诗体学 (shītǐxué), 诗体学 (shītǐxué), 韻律學／韵律学 (zh) (yùnlǜxué), 韵律学 (zh) (yùnlǜxué), 詩律學／诗律学 (shīlǜxué), 诗律学 (shīlǜxué)

• Czech: prozódie f
• Danish: prosodi c
• Dutch: prosodie (nl) f
• Esperanto: prozodio
• Finnish: prosodia (fi)
• French: prosodie (fr) f
• German: Prosodie (de) f
• Hungarian: verstan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: prosóid f
• Khmer: ឆន្ទវិទ្យា (cʰantea’ vityie)
• Kurdish:
• Polish: prozodia (pl) f
• Portuguese: prosódia (pt) f
• Romanian: prosodie f
• Russian: просо́дия (ru) f (prosódija)
• Scottish Gaelic: toinneolas m
• Spanish: prosodia (es) f
• Thai: สัทสัมพันธ์ (sàt-tá-sǎm-pan)
• Turkish: vezin (tr)

poetry: study of poetic meter etc

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詩體學／诗体学 (shītǐxué), 诗体学 (shītǐxué), 韻律學／韵律学 (zh) (yùnlǜxué), 韵律学 (zh) (yùnlǜxué), 詩律學／诗律学 (shīlǜxué), 诗律学 (shīlǜxué)

• Czech: prozódie f
• Dutch: prosodie (nl) f
• Esperanto: prozodio, metriko
• Finnish: metriikka (fi)
• French: prosodie (fr) f
• German: Verslehre (de)
• Greek: προσωδία (el) f (prosodía), μετρική (el) f (metrikí)
• Icelandic: bragfræði f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: prosóid f
• Khmer: ឆន្ទវិទ្យា (cʰantea’ vityie)
• Kurdish:
• Polish: prozodia (pl) f
• Portuguese: prosódia (pt) f
• Romanian: metrică (ro) f
• Russian: просо́дия (ru) f (prosódija)
• Scottish Gaelic: toinneolas m, rannaidheachd f
• Slovak: prozódia f
• Thai: ฉันทลักษณ์ (chǎn-tá-lák)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} prosodie (nl) f
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} prosoodia
• French: ^{(please verify)} prosodie (fr) f
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} bragfræði f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} prosodia (it) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} prozòdija (sh) f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} prozodija f