different between anapest vs imab

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