prosody
English
WOTD – 12 May 2008
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
prosody (countable and uncountable, plural prosodies)
Derived terms
Translations
linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech
poetry: study of poetic meter etc
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