prosodie
French, noun/pʁɔ.zɔ.di/
prosodie is spelled P-R-O-S-O-D-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prosodie is a French feminine noun meaning “prosody (patterns of sounds and rhythms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prononciation régulière des mots conformément à l’accent et à la quantité”.
What does prosodie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprosody (patterns of sounds and rhythms)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prononciation régulière des mots conformément à l’accent et à la quantité. 2. Aspects non purement verbaux d’une langue (variations d’intensité et de débit, variations de hauteur (ton et intonation), variations de durée (accentuation et rythme). 3. Connaissance des règles de la quantité en grec et en latin et, plus généralement, des règles de la versification en toutes langues.
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.
Forms of prosodie
- prosodies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prosodie?
- /pʁɔ.zɔ.di/
- \pʁɔ.zɔ.di\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prosodie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prosodie in French?
prosodie appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).