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PRONUNCIATION OF RHAPSODE

rhapsode  [ˈræpsəʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RHAPSODE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rhapsode is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RHAPSODE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rhapsode

A rhapsode or, in modern usage, rhapsodist, refers to a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Rhapsodes notably performed the epics of Homer but also the wisdom and catalogue poetry of Hesiod and the satires of Archilochus and others. Plato's dialogue Ion, in which Socrates confronts a star player rhapsode, remains the most coherent source of information on these artists. Often, rhapsodes are depicted in Greek art, wearing their signature cloak and carrying a staff. This equipment is also characteristic of travellers in general, implying that rhapsodes were itinerant performers, moving from town to town.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RHAPSODE


code
kəʊd
download
ˈdaʊnˌləʊd
episode
ˈɛpɪˌsəʊd
exode
ˈɛksəʊd
explode
ɪkˈspləʊd
load
ləʊd
mode
məʊd
node
nəʊd
nosode
ˈnəʊsəʊd
ode
əʊd
overload
ˌəʊvəˈləʊd
postcode
ˈpəʊstˌkəʊd
railroad
ˈreɪlˌrəʊd
reload
riːˈləʊd
road
rəʊd
rode
rəʊd
sewed
səʊd
Unicode
ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd
upload
ʌpˈləʊd
webisode
ˈwɛbɪˌsəʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RHAPSODE

rhagadiform
Rhamadhan
rhamnaceous
rhamnose
rhamnus
rhamphoid
rhamphotheca
rhamphothecae
rhanja
rhapontic
rhapsodic
rhapsodical
rhapsodically
rhapsodies
rhapsodise
rhapsodist
rhapsodize
rhapsody
rhatanies
rhatany

WORDS THAT END LIKE RHAPSODE

abode
anode
area code
bar code
bode
cathode
colour code
country code
decode
dress code
electrode
encode
erode
Kozhikode
lode
penal code
postal code
QR Code
source code
zip code

Synonyms and antonyms of rhapsode in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rhapsode» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RHAPSODE

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Translator English - Chinese

rhapsode
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rapsoda
570 millions of speakers

English

rhapsode
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rhapsode
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rhapsode
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рапсод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rapsodo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

র্যাপ্সড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rhapsode
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rhapsode
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rhapsoden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rhapsode
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rhapsode
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rhapsode
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ngâm vè lịch sử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rhapsode
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Rhapsode
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rhapsode
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rapsodo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rhapsode
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рапсод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rapsod
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rhapsode
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rapsode
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rhapsode
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rhapsode
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rhapsode

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RHAPSODE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RHAPSODE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rhapsode

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHAPSODE»

Discover the use of rhapsode in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rhapsode and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biblical Narrative and the Death of the Rhapsode
Though their work is undeniably linked to the linguistic tradition of the Ugaritic narrative poems, there are substantive differences between the bodies of work.
Robert S. Kawashima, 2004
2
Virtuosity of the Nineteenth Century: Performing Music and ...
The rhapsode, a coproduct of the authorial principle, stands in the place of this feared proliferation, which, in Foucault's words, the rhapsode "makes manifest, but does not divulge" (Archaeology of Knowledge, 225-26). The rhapsode maintains ...
Susan Bernstein, 1998
3
Who Translates?: Translator Subjectivities Beyond Reason
Like the rhapsode and the actor, the translator too interpretively mediates the source text to a new audience. For the rhapsode and the actor, that new audience is distinguished from the original one by illiteracy, in some cases, but more ...
Douglas Robinson, 2001
4
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature
In this same passage from Plato's Ion (533b–c), the wording shows that any rhapsode who competes at the Panathenaia practices the craft of a performer, not a composer. The same holds for the crafts of the auletes, the citharists, and the ...
Richard Thomas Eldridge, 2009
5
Poetry as Performance: Homer and Beyond
2 The driving idea of maintaining continuity through variety, as reconstructed for the epithet poludeukes 'patterning in many ways', is inherent also in the early meaning of rhapsoidos 'rhapsode'. The etymology of this word, like that of ...
Gregory Nagy, 1996
6
Art and Its Significance: An Anthology of Aesthetic Theory, ...
Suppose the slave to be a cowherd; the rhapsode will know better than the cowherd what he ought to say in order to soothe the infuriated cows? Ion. No, he will not. Soc. But he will know what a spinning-woman ought to say about the working ...
Stephen David Ross, 1994
7
Contextualizing Classics: Ideology, Performance, Dialogue : ...
Thus the rhapsode's topics are put into the same dimension of heroic-age "reality " as Homer's topics. The rhapsode performs as someone who is parallel to and in continuity with Homer.42 "Homer," of course, starts his topic at the beginning ...
John Peradotto, Thomas M. Falkner, Nancy Felson, 1999
8
Plato and the Socratic Dialogue: The Philosophical Use of a ...
(We cannot miss the irony implied in taking the rhapsode's costume as a mark of his techne.) Socrates emphasizes, and Ion agrees, that the chief distinction of the rhapsode is to understand the poet's thought and to interpret that thought for the ...
Charles H. Kahn, 1998
9
History of Greek Culture
As to particulars, we shall draw attention to the lovely picture of the rhapsode and the maidens singing hymns in the Delian Hymn to Apollo. These Delian maidens, servants of Apollo, and the rhapsode sing praises to Apollo, Leto, Artemis, and ...
Jacob Burckhardt, 1963
10
Studies in Interpretation
The Ion, which is Plato's shortest dialogue, is, as we have said, between Socrates and Ion, a rhapsode. Ion is a professional reciter who interprets only from the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, in competition at the Greek religious ...
Esther M. Doyle, Virginia Hastings Floyd, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RHAPSODE»

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1
La pop flottante de Forever Pavot au Camji vendredi
... leader de Forever Pavot, sera en concert vendredi 22 mai au Camji pour faire découvrir ou redécouvrir au public niortais son dernier album "Rhapsode". «RTL2.fr, May 15»
2
Nuit Zébrée en capitale
Faire du neuf avec du vieux, ou plutôt faire du beau grâce à des vieux sans tomber dans le plagiat ou le déjà vu, c'est toute l'ambition de « Rhapsode » le ... «Novaplanet, Mar 15»
3
On y était : Forever Pavot au Point Ephémère
Emile Sornin, leader magnifique et halluciné de Forever Pavot, était hier soir sur la scène du Point Ephémère, à Paris, pour défendre le sublime Rhapsode, sorti ... «Les Inrocks, Mar 15»
4
L'album de la semaine: Forever Pavot - Rhapsode
Composé par un incurable curieux, qui se réclame autant du jazz que de musique psyché turc, Rhapsode se promène dans les dédales d'une pop ... «Le Vif, Dec 14»
5
Forever Pavot - Rhapsode - Le Coup de cœur de Joe
Forever Pavot - Rhapsode Joe vous fait partager sa dernière découverte musicale à la fois élégante et psyché sortie de la tête géniale d'Emile Sornin. «Oui FM, Nov 14»
6
Forever Pavot : grand album en écoute en avant-première
Et, surtout, de grands morceaux de pop psychédélique, alambiquée et étoilée : Rhapsode, l'album de Forever Pavot, mené par le Français Emile Sorin, sera ... «Les Inrocks, Nov 14»
7
La saga «Henry VI», 18 heures en tout !
Le rhapsode, incarné par Manon Thorel, dont on vante la drôlerie, est un personnage qui résume les épisodes précédents, un peu comme dans les séries télé. «LaDépêche.fr, Oct 14»
8
Letchworth art gallery banging the drum for funding ahead of move …
Letchworth-based arts production company Rhapsode are hoping to make their ... Rhapsode is a social enterprise that aims to create opportunities for artists to ... «Comet 24, Jul 14»
9
"Henry VI" à Avignon: un jour et une nuit étincelants
Le rhapsode - au féminin ici - de Manon Thorel (boucles rousses, austère robe noire, regard malicieux, vers efficaces en diable) tisse ce lien avec talent, résume ... «lalibre.be, Jul 14»
10
18 heures de Shakespeare... et à la fin, on en redemande
... il a aussi une merveilleuse comédienne, Manon Thorel, dite «la Rhapsode», sorte de petite fille modèle en longue robe bleu nuit: elle a écrit ses textes, rimés, ... «Le Nouvel Observateur, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Rhapsode [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rhapsode>. Apr 2024 ».
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