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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rhythm \Rhythm\, n. [F. rhythme, rythme, L. rhythmus, fr. Gr.
     ??? measured motion, measure, proportion, fr. "rei^n to flow.
     See Stream.]
     1. In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a
        regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents,
        etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry,
        the dance, or the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mus.) Movement in musical time, with periodical
        recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which
        marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry
        of movement and accent. --Moore (Encyc.)
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A division of lines into short portions by a regular
        succession of arses and theses, or percussions and
        remissions of voice on words or syllables.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rhythm \Rhythm\, n. [F. rhythme, rythme, L. rhythmus, fr. Gr.
     ??? measured motion, measure, proportion, fr. "rei^n to flow.
     See Stream.]
     1. In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a
        regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents,
        etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry,
        the dance, or the like.
  
     2. (Mus.) Movement in musical time, with periodical
        recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which
        marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry
        of movement and accent. --Moore (Encyc.)
  
     3. A division of lines into short portions by a regular
        succession of arses and theses, or percussions and
        remissions of voice on words or syllables.
  
     4. The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rhythm
       n 1: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has
            a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" [syn: beat,
             musical rhythm]
       2: recurring at regular intervals [syn: regular recurrence]
       3: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events
          occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle,
           round]
       4: the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and
          unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry" [syn:
          speech rhythm]
       5: natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to
          occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile
          period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day
          18 of her cycle) [syn: rhythm method of birth control, rhythm
          method, calendar method of birth control, calendar
          method]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο ρυθμός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     n.
     1 The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration,
  accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or
  meter.
     2 A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
     3 A flow, repetition or regularity.
     4 The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
     5 The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less
  melody) in a musical ensemble.
     6 A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural)
  process.
     7 Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a
  stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it
  creates.
     8 A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     n.
     1 The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration,
  accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or
  meter.
     2 A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
     3 A flow, repetition or regularity.
     4 The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
     5 The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less
  melody) in a musical ensemble.
     6 A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural)
  process.
     7 Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a
  stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it
  creates.
     8 A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     n.
     1 The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration,
  accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or
  meter.
     2 A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
     3 A flow, repetition or regularity.
     4 The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
     5 The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less
  melody) in a musical ensemble.
     6 A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural)
  process.
     7 Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a
  stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it
  creates.
     8 A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     n.
     1 The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration,
  accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or
  meter.
     2 A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
     3 A flow, repetition or regularity.
     4 The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
     5 The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less
  melody) in a musical ensemble.
     6 A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural)
  process.
     7 Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a
  stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it
  creates.
     8 A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     Englanti n.
     1 poljento
     2 rytmi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rhythm
     Engelska n.
     rytm

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  الإيقاع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  rhythm //ˈɹɪð.əm// //ˈɹɪθ.əm// /[ˈɹɪð.m̩]/ 
  1. ри́тъм
  tempo or speed of a beat, song, or repeated event
  2. ри́тъм, ритъм
  variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/ 
  rytmus

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  Rhythmik 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  Rhythmus  [mus.]
   see: disco beat, polyrhythm, speech rhythm, pronounced rhythm, strong beat, groove, African grooves
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  Rhythmus 
        "lose the rhythm"  - aus dem Rhythmus kommen
   see: rhythms
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  rhythm //ˈɹɪð.əm// //ˈɹɪθ.əm// /[ˈɹɪð.m̩]/ 
  1. rytmi
  flow, repetition or regularity
  2. rytmi, tahti 2.
  variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time
   3.
  tempo or speed of a beat, song, or repeated event

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  rhythm /riðəm/
  rythme

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/ 
  1. ताल
        "She has a great sense of rhythm."
        "All phases of life come and go in rhythm."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  metar, mjera, ritam

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  ritmus

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  rhythm //ˈɹɪð.əm// //ˈɹɪθ.əm// /[ˈɹɪð.m̩]/ 
  ritme
  variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  rhythm //ˈɹɪð.əm// //ˈɹɪθ.əm// /[ˈɹɪð.m̩]/ 
  リズム
  variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  rhythm /riðəm/
  ritme

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  rhythm //ˈɹɪð.əm// //ˈɹɪθ.əm// /[ˈɹɪð.m̩]/ 
  rytme
  variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  rhythm /ˈrɪðəm/ 
    rytm

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  rhythm /riðəm/
  ritmo, cadência

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  rhythm /riðəm/
  ritmo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  rhythm //ˈɹɪð.əm// //ˈɹɪθ.əm// /[ˈɹɪð.m̩]/ 
  rytm 2.
  variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time
   3.
  tempo or speed of a beat, song, or repeated event
   4.
  flow, repetition or regularity

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  rhythm /ɹˈɪðəm/
  1. vezin: ahenkli üslup: şiir ve müzikte ahenk, ritim, düzen, düzenlilik
  2. ahenkli hareket: ahenk, uyum. rhythmical  mevzun, ahenkli, uyumlu, düzenle, ritmik. rhythmically  ahenkli olarak

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹɪðəm/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  141 Moby Thesaurus words for "rhythm":
     Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, alternation, amphibrach,
     amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arrhythmia, arsis,
     bacchius, balance, beat, beating, beauty, cadence, cadency,
     caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, concinnity,
     counterpoint, cretic, cyclicalness, dactyl, dactylic hexameter,
     diaeresis, dimeter, dipody, dochmiac, downbeat, drumming, elegiac,
     elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, emphasis, epitrite,
     equilibrium, euphony, feminine caesura, flutter, foot, harmony,
     heartbeat, heartthrob, heptameter, heptapody, heroic couplet,
     hexameter, hexapody, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, ictus,
     intermittence, intermittency, ionic, jingle, level of stress, lilt,
     masculine caesura, measure, measuredness, meter, metrical accent,
     metrical foot, metrical group, metrical unit, metrics, metron,
     molossus, mora, movement, number, numbers, order, orderedness,
     oscillation, paeon, palpitation, pendulum motion, pentameter,
     pentapody, period, periodicalness, periodicity, piston motion,
     pitapat, pitter-patter, primary stress, proceleusmatic, proportion,
     prosodics, prosody, pulsation, pulse, pyrrhic, quantity, rat-a-tat,
     rataplan, reappearance, recurrence, regular wave motion,
     reoccurrence, return, rhyme, rhythmic pattern, rhythmical stress,
     seasonality, secondary stress, spondee, sprung rhythm, staccato,
     stress, stress accent, stress pattern, sweetness, swing, symmetry,
     syzygy, tempo, tertiary stress, tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme,
     thesis, throb, throbbing, time, timing, tribrach, trimeter,
     tripody, triseme, trochee, undulation, upbeat, weak stress
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 旋律,节奏,韵律;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 旋律,节奏,韵律,匀称,律动

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