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iamb

English

Etymology

From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?a??m/, /?a??æm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?a??æm/

Noun

iamb (plural iambs)

  1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Synonyms

  • iambus, jambus

Translations

See also

  • trochee

Anagrams

  • ambi-, bami, bima, imba

Romanian

Etymology

From French ïambe, from Latin iambus.

Noun

iamb m (plural iambi)

  1. iamb

Declension

iamb From the web:

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dactyl

English

Alternative forms

  • dactyle
  • dactile

Etymology

From Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (dáktulos, a finger), three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?dækt??/

Noun

dactyl (plural dactyls)

  1. A poetical foot of three syllables (— ? ?), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Related terms

  • dactylic
  • polydactyl

Translations

See also

  • anapest
  • spondee
  • finger

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