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prosodic

/pɹəˈzɑdɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
prosod-ic
IPA
/pɹəˈzɑdɪk/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to, prosody.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *-ti ? Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti Ancient Greek πρός (prós) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Ancient Greek ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin prosōdiabor. Middle French prosodieder. English prosody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic ▲ Classical Latin prosōdia ▲ English -ic ▲ Latin prosōdiabor. French prosodie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French prosodiqueder.? New Latin prosōdicusder.? English prosodic From prosody or its etymon Classical Latin prosōdia + -ic, probably after French prosodique, New Latin prosōdicus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: prosōdia, prosodique, prosōdicus
  • Suffix: ic

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɹəˈzɑdɪk/
  • British English: /pɹəˈzɒdɪk/

Inflected Forms

more prosodic (comparative) most prosodic (superlative)

Derived Forms

aprosodic extraprosodic microprosodic nonprosodic prosodical prosodically prosodicity unprosodic

Phrases

prosodic unit

Synonyms

prosodiac prosodiacal prosodial prosodical

Questions

How do you pronounce prosodic?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈzɑdɪk/.
What does prosodic mean?
Of, or relating to, prosody.
Where does prosodic come from?
It is traced to French.

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