prosody

[ pros-uh-dee ]
/ ˈprɒs ə di /

noun

the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody.
Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.

Origin of prosody

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin prosōdia < Greek prosōidía tone or accent, modulation of voice, song sung to music, equivalent to prós toward + ōid(ḗ) ode + -ia -y3

OTHER WORDS FROM prosody

pro·sod·ic [pruh-sod-ik] /prəˈsɒd ɪk/, pro·sod·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby prosody

prosit, proskomide, proslavery, prosodemic, prosodist, prosody, prosoma, prosopagnosia, prosopalgia, prosopectasia, prosoplasia

British Dictionary definitions for prosodic

prosody
/ (ˈprɒsədɪ) /

noun

the study of poetic metre and of the art of versification, including rhyme, stanzaic forms, and the quantity and stress of syllables
a system of versification
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Derived forms of prosody

prosodic (prəˈsɒdɪk), adjective prosodist, noun

Word Origin for prosody

C15: from Latin prosōdia accent of a syllable, from Greek prosōidia song set to music, from pros towards + ōidē, from aoidē song; see ode