different between rhythm vs maraca

English

Etymology

First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ??? (rhé?, “I flow, run, stream, gush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ð(?)m/
  • Rhymes: -?ð?m
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /???.?(?)m/

Noun

rhythm (countable and uncountable, plural rhythms)

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.

   Dance to the rhythm of the music.

2. A specifically defined pattern of such variation.

   Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry

3. A flow, repetition or regularity.

   Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.

4. The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.

   We walked with a quick, even rhythm.

5. The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.

   The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm

6. A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.

   The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife

7. Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.

   The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy

Synonyms

• meter / metre
• prosody
• (instruments providing rhythm) rhythm section

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Portuguese, derived from Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m???æ.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m????.k?/
• Rhymes: -æk?

Noun

maraca (plural maracas)

1. (music) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
2. (slang, in the plural) breasts

Derived terms

• maracaist

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Camara

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maraca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m???a.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma??a.ka/

Noun

maraca f (plural maraques)

1. maraca

Danish

Noun

maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)

1. maraca

Declension

References

• “maraca” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma??a.k?/
• Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. A maraca, percussion instrument

Spanish

Etymology

From Guaraní mbaracá.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. a maraca, percussion instrument
2. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a whore
3. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a gay

Related terms

• maraco

Further reading

• “maraca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• cámara