cadencia

cadence

noun kah-DEN-syah Rare

Origin: From Latin cadentia, 'a falling', from cadere 'to fall'.

Also means

rhythm

Usage Note

Cadencia describes a rhythmic flow in music, speech, or movement. In music it can also refer to a cadenza (a solo passage), though cadenza (borrowed from Italian) is sometimes used for the virtuosic improvised kind. In rhetoric, cadencia describes the rise and fall of a speaker's voice.

Examples

"La cadencia de su voz era hipnótica."

Natural Translation

The cadence of her voice was hypnotic.

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