rhythmic
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rhythmic (comparative more rhythmic, superlative most rhythmic)
- Of or relating to rhythm.
- 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 226:
- The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.
- Characterized by rhythm.
- Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
- With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
Derived terms
[edit]- arhythmic
- arrhythmic
- biorhythmic
- dysrhythmic
- idiorrhythmic
- irrhythmic
- isorhythmic
- polyrhythmic
- rhythmic contemporary
- rhythmic gesture
- rhythmic gymnast
- rhythmic gymnastics
- rhythmic pattern
- rhythmic unit
- rhythmical
- rhythmicize
- unrhythmic
Translations
[edit]of or relating to rhythm
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characterized by rhythm
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written in verse, especially rhyming verse
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with regular, repetitive motion or sound
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