arsis
French, noun\aʁ.sis\
arsis is a French masculine noun meaning “arsis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élévation de la voix”.
What does arsis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearsis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élévation de la voix.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce arsis?
- \aʁ.sis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arsis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arsis in French?
arsis appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).