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
OTHER WORDS FROM prosody
pro·sod·ic [pruh-sod-ik] /prəˈsɒd ɪk/, pro·sod·i·cal, adjectiveWords nearby prosody
prosit,
proskomide,
proslavery,
prosodemic,
prosodist,
prosody,
prosoma,
prosopagnosia,
prosopalgia,
prosopectasia,
prosoplasia
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British Dictionary definitions for prosody
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, nounWord 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