different between jamb vs iamb

English

Alternative forms

• jaum (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English jambe, from Middle French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba. Doublet of gamba, gamb, and gam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?æm/
• Homophone: jam

Noun

jamb (plural jambs)

1. (architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
2. (mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

Hypernyms

• frame

Hyponyms

• (architecture): doorjamb, doorpost

Coordinate terms

• lintel
• sill

Derived terms

• doorjamb
• strike jamb

Translations

Verb

jamb (third-person singular simple present jambs, present participle jambing, simple past and past participle jambed)

1. (transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamp/

Noun

jamb m inan

1. iamb

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâmb/

Noun

j?mb m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. iamb

Declension

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