prosody

• Nom désignant l'étude ou le système des schémas d'accentuation et d'intonation dans une langue, la métrique ou l'art de la versification en poésie, ainsi que l'étude du rythme et de la structure des vers.

A noun referring to the patterns of stress and intonation in a language, the system of versification in poetry, or the study of poetic meter and the art of versification.

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1. Patterns of stress and intonationC1formal

   The patterns of rhythm, stress, and intonation used in spoken language.

   Prosodie (patterns d'accentuation et d'intonation)

   • The prosody of her speech made it sound very musical.
   • Linguists study prosody to understand how meaning is conveyed through tone.
   • His native language has a very different prosody from English.

   Synonymescadenceinflectionintonationrhythmstress

2. System of versificationC2formal

   A system of poetic meter and rhythm used in verse.

   Système de versification

   • The prosody of classical Latin poetry is based on vowel length.
   • Shakespeare's plays are written in a specific prosody.
   • The poet experimented with free verse, abandoning traditional prosody.

   Synonymesmeterrhythmversification

3. C2formal

   The academic study of poetic meter and the art of writing verse.

   métrique

   • She wrote her thesis on the prosody of Old English poetry.
   • The professor's lecture on prosody covered iambic pentameter.
   • Understanding prosody is essential for analyzing a poem's structure.

   Synonymesversification