rhapsody

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French rhapsodie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rhapsōdia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδία (rhapsōidía, “to sew [songs] together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹapsədi/

Noun

rhapsody (plural rhapsodies)

1. (poetry) An ancient Greek epic poem (or part of one) suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
2. (obsolete) A random collection or medley; a miscellany or confused string of stories, words etc.
   • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, vol.1, p.138:

     This concerneth not those mingle-mangles of many kinds of stuffe, or as the Grecians call them Rapsodies, that for such are published […].

3. An exalted or exaggeratedly enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
4. (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form often incorporating improvisation.

Translations

ancient Greek epic poem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂想曲 (zh) (kuángxiǎngqǔ)

• Finnish: rapsodia (fi)
• Irish: rosc ceoil m
• Japanese: 狂詩曲 (kyōshikyoku), ラプソディ (rapusodi)
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• Korean: 광시곡 (ko) (gwangsigok)
• Russian: рапсодия (ru) f (rapsodija)
• Slovak: rapsódia
• Spanish: rapsodia (es) f
• Swedish: rapsodi (sv) c
• Tagalog: rapsodya

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