Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arsis

/ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: ar-sis
IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot

noun

The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"it comes to pass that the arsis may effect some change in the order of which it is itself the commencement"

Etymology

From Latin Arsis, from Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Arsis, ἄρσις

Usage

Inflected Forms

arses (plural)

Derived Forms

arsic

Questions

How do you pronounce arsis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/.
What does arsis mean?: Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
Where does arsis come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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