cynghanedd

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Welsh cynghanedd (“harmony”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəŋˈhænɛð/ === Noun === cynghanedd (usually uncountable, plural cynganeddion) (prosody) The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry. 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 14: Only certain epithets and metaphors were authorized; themes were similarly restricted, metres fixed, and Cynghanedd, the repetitive use of consonantal sequences with variation of vowels, became a burdensome obsession. 1998, editors (names unknown), "cynghanedd" in Britannica Online Encyclopedia There are four fundamental types of cynghanedd, but within these there are a number of refinements and variations. When skillfully used, cynghanedd is capable of conveying an almost unlimited variety of subtle effects. == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəŋˈhanɛð/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəŋˈhaːnɛð/, /kəŋˈhanɛð/ === Noun === cynghanedd f (plural cynganeddion) (music) harmony Synonym: harmoni (prosody) cynghanedd harmony, concord Synonym: cytgord ==== Derived terms ==== cynganeddol (“in cynghanedd”) cynganeddu (“to compose cynghanedd”) cynganeddwr (“composer of cynghanedd”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cynghanedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies