different between anapest vs anapestic

English

Alternative forms

• anapaest (UK)
• anapæst (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (anápaistos, “struck back”, “reversed”), from ??? (aná, “back”) + ???? (paí?, “I strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.pi?st/, /?æ.n?.p?st/
• Hyphenation: an?a?pest

Noun

anapest (plural anapests)

1. (prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
2. (prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.

Synonyms

• antidactylus

Derived terms

• anapestic

Translations

References

Further reading

• anapest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Patanes, Pestana, Tapanes, patenas, peasant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.n??pest/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.na?pest/
• Hyphenation: a?na?pest

Noun

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)

1. anapest (metrical foot).

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?anap?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: ana?pest

Noun

anapest m

1. (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed.

Declension

Derived terms

• anapestický

Further reading

• anapest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• anapest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• Št?pána

Dutch

Alternative forms

• anapaest (dated)
• anapaestus (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.na??p?st/
• Hyphenation: ana?pest
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

anapest m (plural anapesten)

1. anapest

Derived terms

• anapestisch

Romanian

Etymology

From French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.

Noun

anapest m (plural anape?ti)

1. anapest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

anapest m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. anapest

English

Alternative forms

• anapaestic (UK)
• anapestick (obsolete)

Etymology

anapest +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.?pi?.st?k/

Adjective

anapestic (comparative more anapestic, superlative most anapestic)

1. of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
2. of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
3. of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
4. of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.

Translations

Noun

anapestic (plural anapestics)

1. A verse that contains anapestic feet

Anagrams

• Capetians, antapices, anti-space, antispace, captaines

Romanian

Etymology

From French anapestique, from Latin anapaesticus.

Adjective

anapestic m or n (feminine singular anapestic?, masculine plural anapestici, feminine and neuter plural anapestice)

1. anapestic

Declension