prosódia
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈzɔ.d͡ʒjɐ/
prosódia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prosody (study of rhythm and other attributes in speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência ou estudo da métrica poética e versificação”.
What does prosódia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprosody (study of rhythm and other attributes in speech)
- 2
feminineprosody (study of poetic meter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência ou estudo da métrica poética e versificação 2. padrão de acento e intonação da fala
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prosódia
- prosódias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prosódia?
- Brazil /pɾoˈzɔ.d͡ʒjɐ/
- Portugal /pɾuˈzɔ.djɐ/
- Portugal [pɾuˈzɔ.ðjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prosódia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prosódia in Portuguese?
prosódia appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).