English Explanatory Dictionary

rhythmic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to rhythm.
Characterized by rhythm.
Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/ /ˈɹɪð.mək/ en-us-rhythmic.ogg en-au-rhythmic.ogg

Word forms

rhythmic more rhythmic most rhythmic rythmic rhythmick

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 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.

Derived words

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

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