different between unstressed vs iamb

unstressed

English

Etymology

un- +? stressed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?st??st/

Adjective

unstressed (comparative more unstressed, superlative most unstressed)

  1. (of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated
  2. not subject to stress

Translations

unstressed From the web:

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  • what unstressed vowels
  • what does unstressed mean
  • unstressed what does it mean
  • what is unstressed syllable
  • what is unstressed and stressed syllables
  • what is unstressed vowel sound
  • what are unstressed words


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:

  • what iambic pentameter
  • what's iambic meter
  • what's iambic tetrameter
  • what iamb means
  • what iambic meaning
  • iambic what does it mean
  • what does iambic mean
  • what does iambic pentameter mean
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