Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhythmic

/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
rhyth-mic
IPA
/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to rhythm.

adj

Characterized by rhythm.

adj

Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.

adj

With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

more rhythmic (comparative) most rhythmic (superlative) rythmic (alternative) rhythmick (alternative)

Derived Forms

arhythmic arrhythmic autorhythmic biorhythmic birhythmic counterrhythmic dysrhythmic eurhythmic extrarhythmic heterorhythmic homorhythmic idiorrhythmic

Phrases

rhythmic contemporary rhythmic gesture rhythmic gymnast rhythmic gymnastics rhythmic pattern rhythmic unit

Synonyms

rhythmical

Rhymes With

logarithmic

Questions

How do you pronounce rhythmic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/.
What does rhythmic mean?
Of or relating to rhythm.
Where does rhythmic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce rhythmic

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