Dictionary

prosody en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɑzədi/ (US)
• /ˈpɹəʊzədi/ (UK)
• /ˈpɹɑsədi/ (US)
• /ˈpɹɒzədi/ (UK)
• /ˈpɹɒsədi/ (UK)
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• /ˈpɹoʊzədi/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *-ti ? Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti Ancient Greek πρός (prós) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Ancient Greek ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin prosōdiabor. Middle French prosodieder. English prosody 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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
   • 2007, Jackson T. Gandour, Neural substrates underlying the perception of linguistic prosody, Tomas Riad, Carlos Gussenhoven (editors), Tones and Tunes, Volume 2: Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody, De Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter), page 3, Brain imaging data shows us moreover that we have to go beyond linguistic units themselves to gain a full understanding of how prosody is processed in the brain.
   • The aim of this book is to answer the question WHAT DID GREEK PROSODY SOUND LIKE? The study of prosody stands at the intersection of a number of quite disparate disciplines, as illustrated in the diagram overleaf. 1994, A. M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens, The Prosody of Greek Speech, Oxford University Press, page v:
   • An accurate acquaintance with the Prosody and Metres of the Greek Language is so necessary an accompaniment of true scholarship, that any attempt to advocate its claims to the notice of the student would be entirely superfluous. 1838, Charles Anthon, A System of Greek Prosody and Metre, Harper & Brothers, page v:
2. (countable, uncountable) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.
   • Or again, Otto Eißfeldt's eight-page summary of conflicting scholarly theories on biblical prosody painfully illustrates how the scholars have read biblical poetry with roughly the intellectual apparatus appropriate to the decipherment of cuneiform inscriptions, multiplying confusion by the invention of elaborate pseudo-mathematical systems of scansion or by the wholesale importation of terms and concepts from Greek prosody. 1981, Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible”, in The Art of Biblical Narrative, page 14:
   • But the system of prosody in Samson plainly forbids extrametrical syllables in the midst of the line, and there is certainly no other example. 1894, Robert Bridges, Milton's Prosody, Oxford University Press, page 30:

Forms

Deriveds

aprosody · macroprosody · prosodic · prosodist · prosodification · dysprosody · microprosody · prosodeme

Relateds

diction · scansion

Translations (69)

ro prosodie (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · km ឆន្ទវិទ្យា (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · cmn 韻律學 /韵律学 (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · hu prozódia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ga prosóid (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · ar عِلْمُ العَرُوض (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · it prosodia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ja 韻律論 (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · cmn 韻律學 /韵律学 (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · th ฉันทลักษณ์ (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · tr koşutbilim (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · fr prosodie (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · is bragfræði (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · hi पिंगल (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · he פרוזודיה (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · cs prozódie (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · tr vezin (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · hi पिंगल (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · el προσωδία (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · nb prosodi (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ga prosóid (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · fi prosodia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · gd rannaidheachd (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · da prosodi (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · pl prozodia (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · fi metriikka (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · bg прозодия (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · tr bürünbilim (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · gl prosodia (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · de Prosodie (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · nl prosodie (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · tr prozodi (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · bg прозодия (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · el μετρική (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · ca prosòdia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · pl prozodia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · sv prosodi (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · hi छंद-विद्या (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · es prosodia (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · pt prosódia (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · gl prosodia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · gd toinneolas (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ro metrică (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · cs prozódie (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · es prosodia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · cmn 詩體學 /诗体学 (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · fr prosodie (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · cmn 詩體學 /诗体学 (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · km ឆន្ទវិទ្យា (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · cmn 詩律學 /诗律学 (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · eo prozodio (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · cmn 詩律學 /诗律学 (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · sk prozódia (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · th สัทสัมพันธ์ (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · kmr wezn (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ar عَرُوض (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · kmr wezn (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · nl prosodie (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ru просо́дия (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · eo metriko (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · eo prozodio (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · hu prozódia (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · pt prosódia (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · ru просо́дия (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · gl prosódia (reintergrationist) (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) · de Verslehre (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · tr aruz (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · gd toinneolas (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) · gl prosódia (reintergrationist) (poetry: study of poetic meter etc)