rhythmic
リズミカルな
解説 Definition
rhythmic はリズムのある、リズミカルなという意味です。音楽や動き、音の繰り返しが規則的で心地よい様子に使われ、日本語の「リズミカルな」とほぼ同じ感覚です。
Something rhythmic has a regular, repeated pattern of sound, movement, or timing. The adjective can describe music and dance as well as mechanical noises, breathing, or any action that occurs in a steady beat-like sequence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
rhythmic は rhythm「リズム」に形容詞語尾 -ic が付いた語で、「規則的なリズムをもつ」の意です。rhythm の不規則に見える綴りをそのまま保つ点に注意します。「rhythmic movement」「rhythmic sound」「slow and rhythmic」のように、動き・音・呼吸の反復と一緒に覚えると実用的です。
Build rhythmic from rhythm plus the adjective ending -ic: rhythm names the pattern, while rhythmic describes something that has that pattern. Keep the unusual spelling of rhythm intact before adding the suffix. Imagine dancers repeating steps, a train making a steady sound, or breathing becoming slow and regular. Useful combinations include rhythmic movement, rhythmic pattern, and rhythmic sound. Rhythmic normally suggests an identifiable repeated beat or flow; rhyming, by contrast, concerns matching sounds in words. Connecting the adjective to several kinds of repetition prevents you from limiting it only to music.
例文
The dancers moved in a rhythmic pattern.
ダンサーたちはリズミカルな型で動きました。
I heard a rhythmic sound from the train.
電車からリズミカルな音が聞こえました。
Her breathing became slow and rhythmic.
彼女の呼吸はゆっくりとリズミカルになりました。
rhythmic の類義語・関連語
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rhythmic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
rhythmic は rhythm に形容詞語尾 -ic が付いた語で、rhythm はラテン語 rhythmus を経てギリシャ語 rhythmos（規則ある流れ）にさかのぼります。『流れに型がある』感覚から「リズミカルな」となり、関連語に rhythm, arrhythmia があります。
Rhythmic is formed from rhythm and the adjective-forming suffix -ic, meaning “relating to” or “characterized by.” Rhythm came through Latin rhythmus from Greek rhythmos, a word for measured movement, recurring pattern, or ordered flow. The modern adjective therefore preserves the central idea of a flow organized into a recognizable pattern. It can apply not only to music but also to bodily movement, breathing, machinery, and other regularly repeated sounds or actions.
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