Art & MusicGreek → English
Rhythm
A regular, patterned recurrence of beats.
The Greek roots
ῥυθμός
rhythmós
measured flow
Literally: “measured movement”
Follow a root:ῥυθμός3 words
The story of the word
From rhein, 'to flow' — rhythm is the ordered flow of time in music, verse, and motion.
The same roots elsewhere
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In a sentence
The drummer laid down a steady rhythm.