adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to rhythm.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rhythmic
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adj
Meaning 2
Characterized by rhythm.
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adj
Meaning 3
Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
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adj
Meaning 4
With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
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adjective
Meaning 5
recurring with measured regularity- John Galsworthy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the rhythmic chiming of church bells
- rhythmical prose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rhythmical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dh-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hruthmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ритмичен (ritmičen) — of or relating to rhythm
- Catalan: rítmic — of or relating to rhythm
- Chinese Mandarin: 節律的 /节律的 (jiélǜ de) — of or relating to rhythm
- Dutch: ritmisch — of or relating to rhythm
- Finnish: rytmikäs — of or relating to rhythm
- Galician: rítmico — of or relating to rhythm
- Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli) — of or relating to rhythm
- German: rhythmisch — of or relating to rhythm
- Portuguese: rítmico — of or relating to rhythm
- Russian: ритми́чный (ritmíčnyj) — of or relating to rhythm
- Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail — of or relating to rhythm
- Slovene: ritmičen — of or relating to rhythm
- Spanish: rítmico — of or relating to rhythm
- Ukrainian: ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj) — of or relating to rhythm
- Welsh: rhythmig — of or relating to rhythm
- Catalan: rítmic — characterized by rhythm
- Dutch: ritmisch — characterized by rhythm
- Esperanto: ritma — characterized by rhythm
- Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli) — characterized by rhythm
- German: rhythmisch — characterized by rhythm
- Māori: manawataki — characterized by rhythm
- Portuguese: rítmico — characterized by rhythm
- Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail — characterized by rhythm
- Spanish: rítmico — characterized by rhythm
- Spanish: acompasado — characterized by rhythm
- Spanish: cadencioso — characterized by rhythm
- Ukrainian: ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj) — characterized by rhythm
- Welsh: rhythmig — characterized by rhythm
- Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail — written in verse, especially rhyming verse
- Dutch: ritmisch — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli) — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Georgian: თანაბარი (tanabari) — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Georgian: პერიოდული (ṗerioduli) — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Georgian: ციკლური (ciḳluri) — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- German: rhythmisch — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Portuguese: rítmico — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Ukrainian: ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj) — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
- Welsh: rhythmig — with regular, repetitive motion or sound
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