different between rhythm vs plena

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 1

Noun

plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)

1. (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
2. (music, countable) A song in this style

Etymology 2

Noun

plena

1. plural of plenum

Anagrams

• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, panel, penal, plane

Catalan

Adjective

plena f sg

1. feminine singular of ple

Noun

plena f (plural plenes)

1. (castells) in a castell with three or five castellers per level, the column to the right of the rengla
2. (games) A game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime.

   Synonyms: quina, quinto, rifla

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pl?na, *pelena (“thin skin, thin fabric”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?na/

Noun

plena f

1. diaper (US), nappy (UK)

Declension

Synonyms

• plenka f

References

Further reading

• plena in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• plena in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Latin pl?n?rius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plena/
• Hyphenation: ple?na

Adjective

plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)

1. full, complete
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.

     The earth is full of sin and misery.

Usage notes

-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.

Antonyms

• malplena (“empty”)

Derived terms

• nuboplena (“overcast”)
• plenmano (“handful”)
• plenplena (“chock full”)

Ido

Etymology

Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Adjective

plena

1. full

Antonyms

• vakua

Interlingua

Verb

plena

1. present of plenar
2. imperative of plenar

Latin

Adjective

pl?na

1. nominative feminine singular of pl?nus
2. nominative neuter plural of pl?nus
3. accusative neuter plural of pl?nus
4. vocative feminine singular of pl?nus
5. vocative neuter plural of pl?nus

Adjective

pl?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of pl?nus

Portuguese

Adjective

plena

1. feminine singular of pleno

Spanish

Etymology 1

Adjective

plena

1. feminine singular of pleno

Etymology 2

From French plaine.

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Louisiana) a plain, pl. plains

Etymology 3

Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the lesser antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Carribean Spanish) a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas