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rhythmic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹɪð.mək/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to rhythm.
    • The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies. 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 226:
  2. Characterized by rhythm.
  3. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
  4. With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most rhythmic Degree=Sup lexicographic
rythmic alternative lexicographic
more rhythmic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
rhythmick alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

polyrhythmic · biorhythmic · rhythmic gesture · rhythmic pattern · unrhythmic · irrhythmic · birhythmic · rhythmic contemporary · isorhythmic · extrarhythmic · rhythmical · panrhythmic · rhythmicize · homorhythmic · rhythmic unit · heterorhythmic · rhythmicity · monorhythmic · dysrhythmic · counterrhythmic · arhythmic · autorhythmic · rhythmic gymnast · rhythmic gymnastics · eurhythmic · idiorrhythmic · nonrhythmic · arrhythmic

Translations (39)

pt rítmico (of or relating to rhythm) · ru ритми́чный (of or relating to rhythm) · cy rhythmig (characterized by rhythm) · es cadencioso (characterized by rhythm) · cy rhythmig (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · gd ruitheamail (characterized by rhythm) · cmn 節律的 /节律的 (of or relating to rhythm) · de rhythmisch (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · de rhythmisch (of or relating to rhythm) · mi manawataki (characterized by rhythm) · es acompasado (characterized by rhythm) · ka რიტმული (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · pt rítmico (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · fi rytmikäs (of or relating to rhythm) · gd ruitheamail (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · ka რიტმული (of or relating to rhythm) · ka რიტმული (characterized by rhythm) · ca rítmic (characterized by rhythm) · uk ритмі́чний (of or relating to rhythm) · uk ритмі́чний (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · es rítmico (characterized by rhythm) · gd ruitheamail (of or relating to rhythm) · gl rítmico (of or relating to rhythm) · eo ritma (characterized by rhythm) · de rhythmisch (characterized by rhythm) · pt rítmico (characterized by rhythm) · sl ritmičen (of or relating to rhythm) · ka ციკლური (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · ca rítmic (of or relating to rhythm) · nl ritmisch (of or relating to rhythm) · gd ruitheamail (written in verse, especially rhyming verse) · ka თანაბარი (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · bg ритмичен (of or relating to rhythm) · es rítmico (of or relating to rhythm) · ka პერიოდული (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · cy rhythmig (of or relating to rhythm) · uk ритмі́чний (characterized by rhythm) · nl ritmisch (with regular, repetitive motion or sound) · nl ritmisch (characterized by rhythm)