Prosody — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

(prosody) a system of versification

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈɑːsədi/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈɒsədi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈɒsədi/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˈɑːsədi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rhythmic pattern poetic rhythm metrics inflection

Word Forms

inflect

verb

vary the pitch of one's speech

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Prosodie

die Betonungs- und Intonationsmuster einer Sprache

🇫🇷French

prosodie

les modèles d'accentuation et d'intonation dans une langue

🇪🇸Spanish

prosodia

Los patrones de acentuación y entonación en un idioma.

🇮🇹Italian

prosodia

i modelli di stress e intonazione in una lingua

🇳🇱Dutch

prosodie

de patronen van klemtoon en intonatie in een taal

🇵🇹Portuguese

prosódia

os padrões de ênfase e entonação em uma língua

🇷🇺Russian

просодия

закономерности ударения и интонации в языке

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छंदशास्र

किसी भाषा में तनाव और स्वर-शैली के पैटर्न

🇮🇳Tamil

உரைநடை

ஒரு மொழியில் மன அழுத்தம் மற்றும் ஒலியின் வடிவங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఛందస్సు

భాషలో ఒత్తిడి మరియు స్వరం యొక్క నమూనాలు

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રોસોડી

ભાષામાં તણાવ અને સ્વરૃપના દાખલાઓ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಛಂದಸ್ಸು

ಒಂದು ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒತ್ತಡ ಮತ್ತು ಧ್ವನಿಯ ಮಾದರಿಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗദ്യം

ഒരു ഭാഷയിലെ സമ്മർദ്ദത്തിൻ്റെയും സ്വരത്തിൻ്റെയും മാതൃകകൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਰੋਸੋਡੀ

ਇੱਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਣਾਅ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਦੇ ਪੈਟਰਨ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

韵律

语言中的重音和语调模式

🇯🇵Japanese

韻律

言語における強勢とイントネーションのパターン

🇰🇷Korean

작시법

언어의 강세와 억양의 패턴

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thi pháp

các kiểu nhấn âm và ngữ điệu trong một ngôn ngữ

🇹🇭Thai

ฉันทลักษณ์

รูปแบบของความเครียดและน้ำเสียงในภาษา

🇮🇩Indonesian

prosodi

pola tekanan dan intonasi dalam suatu bahasa

🇲🇾Malay

prosodi

corak tekanan dan intonasi dalam sesuatu bahasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

علم العروض

أنماط التوتر والتنغيم في اللغة

🇮🇷Persian

عروضی

الگوهای تنش و لحن در یک زبان

🇹🇷Turkish

aruz

Bir dildeki vurgu ve tonlama kalıpları

🇮🇱Hebrew

תוֹרַת הַמִשׁקָל

דפוסי הלחץ והאינטונציה בשפה

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