rhythmic

English

WOTD – 22 May 2006

Alternative forms

• rythmic
• rhythmick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/, /ˈɹɪð.mək/

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Adjective

rhythmic (comparative more rhythmic, superlative most rhythmic)

1. 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.

2. Characterized by rhythm.
3. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
4. With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

Derived terms

• arhythmic
• arrhythmic
• autorhythmic
• biorhythmic
• birhythmic
• counterrhythmic
• dysrhythmic
• eurhythmic
• extrarhythmic
• heterorhythmic
• homorhythmic
• idiorrhythmic
• irrhythmic
• isorhythmic
• monorhythmic
• nonrhythmic
• panrhythmic
• polyrhythmic
• rhythmical
• rhythmic contemporary
• rhythmic gesture
• rhythmic gymnast
• rhythmic gymnastics
• rhythmicity
• rhythmicize
• rhythmic pattern
• rhythmic unit
• unrhythmic

Translations

of or relating to rhythm

Bulgarian: ритмичен (bg) (ritmičen) Catalan: rítmic Chinese: Mandarin: 節律的 / 节律的 (zh) (jiélǜ de) Dutch: ritmisch (nl) Finnish: rytmikäs (fi) Galician: rítmico (gl) m Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli) German: rhythmisch (de) Portuguese: rítmico (pt) Russian: ритми́чный (ru) (ritmíčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail Slovene: ritmičen Spanish: rítmico (es) Ukrainian: ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj) Welsh: rhythmig (cy)

characterized by rhythm

Catalan: rítmic Dutch: ritmisch (nl) Esperanto: ritma (eo) Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli) German: rhythmisch (de) Maori: manawataki Portuguese: rítmico (pt) Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail Spanish: rítmico (es), acompasado (es), cadencioso (es) Ukrainian: ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj) Welsh: rhythmig (cy)

written in verse, especially rhyming verse

Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail

with regular, repetitive motion or sound

Dutch: ritmisch (nl) Georgian: რიტმული (riṭmuli), თანაბარი (tanabari), პერიოდული (ṗerioduli), ციკლური (ciḳluri) German: rhythmisch (de) Portuguese: rítmico (pt) Scottish Gaelic: ruitheamail Ukrainian: ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj) Welsh: rhythmig (cy)