Definition of prosodies Prosodies

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prosodies (Noun)
Plural of prosody.

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prosodies, noun, plural of prosody.

WordNet

Noun Plural: prosodies
prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
		metrics
		poetics study of poetic works
prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
		inflection
		manner of speaking, delivery, speech your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
		pitch contour, intonation, modulation the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
		caesura a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
		enjambement, enjambment the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
		emphasis, accent, stress special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
prosody - (prosody) a system of versification
		poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern
		versification the art or practice of writing verse
		poem, verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
		metrics, prosody the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
		cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat a recurrent rhythmical series

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Wiktionary

prosody (Noun)
The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
prosody (Noun)
The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

prosody (n.)
That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

prosody
The study of the rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
prosody
The study of the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech.
prosody
The manner of associating syllables of a text to be sung to notes of a melody.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

prosody
pros′ō-di, n. that part of grammar which treats of quantity, accent, and the laws of verse or versification.—adjs. Prosō′dial, Prosod′ic, -al, pertaining to prosody: according to the rules of prosody.—ns. Prosō′dian, Pros′odist, one skilled in prosody.—adv. Prosod′ically. [Fr.,—L. prosōdia, Gr. prosōdia—pros, to, ōdē, a song.]

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prosody, noun, singular of prosodies.

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