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iambic

English

Alternative forms

  • ïambic (rare)
  • iambical
  • iambick (obsolete)
  • jambic

Etymology

From Middle French ïambique, from Late Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (iambikós), from ?????? (íambos) + -???? (-ikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a??æmb?k/
  • Rhymes: -æmb?k

Adjective

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

  1. (prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

  • iambic pentameter
  • iambic tetrameter
  • iambically

Translations

Noun

iambic (plural iambics)

  1. (prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.

Antonyms

  • trochaic

Anagrams

  • cimbia

Romanian

Etymology

From French iambique, from Latin iambicus.

Adjective

iambic m or n (feminine singular iambic?, masculine plural iambici, feminine and neuter plural iambice)

  1. iambic

Declension

iambic From the web:

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lambic

English

Etymology

First attested as allambique; probably (via Belgian Dutch) from French alambic (“alembic”).

Noun

lambic (plural lambics)

  1. A mid-strength traditional Belgian/Flemish beer of spontaneous fermentation.

Translations

Anagrams

  • cimbal

Finnish

Noun

lambic

  1. lambic (Belgian beer)

Declension

Hypernyms

  • spontaanikäymisolut

lambic From the web:

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  • iambic trimeter
  • what does iambic pentameter
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