prosody
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[pros-uh-dee] Pronunciation Key
[pros-uh-dee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the science or study of poetic meters and versification. |
| 2. | a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody. |
| 3. | Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance. |
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| pros·o·dy
(prŏs'ə-dē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. pros·o·dies
[Middle English prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, accent, from Greek prosōidiā, song sung to music, accent : pros-, pros- + ōidē, song; see ode.] pro·sod'ic (prə-sŏd'ĭk) adj., pro·sod'i·cal·ly adv., pros'o·dist n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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prosody
c.1450, from L. prosodia, from Gk. prosoidia "song sung to music," also "accent, modulation," from pros "to" + oide "song, poem" (see ode).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| prosody | |
noun | |
| 1. | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
| 2. | (prosody) a system of versification [syn: poetic rhythm] |
| 3. | the study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Prosody
Pros"o*dy\, n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. ? a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; ? to + ? song, ode: cf. F. prosodie. See Ode.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
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