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arsis

/ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/

arsis noun: the stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.

Noun (1)

arsis (countable and uncountable, plural arses)

  1. The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
  2. The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
    • it comes to pass that the arsis may effect some change in the order of which it is itself the commencement1830, Johann Gottfried Jacob Hermann, Hermann's Elements of the Doctrine of Metres
  3. The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.
  4. The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.

Noun (2) capitalized: Arsis

Arsis (plural arses)

  1. Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot

arsis meaning in Bengali

arsis in Bengali

পরিমাপের দুর্বল, অপ্রবল অংশ

Forms of arsis

pluralarses

Origin of arsis

From Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “lifting”), from αἴρω (aírō, “to lift”).

From Latin Arsis, from Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”).

Words formed from arsis

Questions about arsis

What does arsis mean?
Arsis means the stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
What is arsis in Bengali?
Arsis in Bengali is পরিমাপের দুর্বল, অপ্রবল অংশ. See Arsis meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is arsis?
Arsis is a noun.
How do you pronounce arsis?
Arsis is pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/.
What is the plural of arsis?
The plural of arsis is arses.

Words near arsis in the dictionary

  1. arsinoyls
  2. Arsinoë
  3. arsirane
  4. arsiranes
  5. arsirene
  6. arsis
  7. Arslan
  8. Arslanian
  9. Arslanians
  10. Arslans
  11. Arslanyan

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