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polyrhythm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
polyrhythm
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously.

Uncountable

noun

A rhythm or set of rhythms performed as part of a piece of music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously, typically equally spaced in time and coprime.

Countable

noun

Music containing such a rhythm.

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor. Latin rhythmusder. English rhythm English polyrhythm From poly- + rhythm.

Usage

Inflected Forms

polyrhythms (plural) poly-rhythm (alternative)

Derived Forms

polyrhythmic

Questions

What does polyrhythm mean?
Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously.
Where does polyrhythm come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor. Latin rhythmusder. English rhythm English polyrhythm From poly- + rhythm.

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