iamb
Appearance
English
Etymology
From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
iamb (plural iambs)
- (prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Synonyms
Translations
a metrical foot
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See also
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From French ïambe, from Latin iambus.
Pronunciation
Noun
iamb m (plural iambi)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | iamb | iambul | iambi | iambii | |
genitive-dative | iamb | iambului | iambi | iambilor | |
vocative | iambule | iambilor |
Further reading
- iamb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Prosody
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian terms derived from Latin
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- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
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