rhythm
/ˈɹɪðəm/RIH-thuhm
/ˈɹɪðəm/RIH-thuhm
Meaninga flow
Common meaning: a regular beat
- rhyto flowLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1359 · scan
- thmGreek noun ending marking a result
Journey through time
- Greekῥέω‘to flow’
- Latinrhythmum
- Frenchrithme
- Englishrhythm‘a regular beat’ · today
rhy also in: rhetoric
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ῥέω ‘to flow’.
Roots
- ῥέω Greek “to flow”
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