iamb

English Wikipedia has an article on:

iamb

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəm/, /ˈaɪˌæm/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˌæm/

iamb (plural iambs)

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

• iambus, jambus

• limping iamb

• trochee

• ambi-, bami, bima, imba

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:

iamb

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Borrowed from French ïambe, from Latin iambus.

• IPA^(key): /jamb/

iamb m (plural iambi)

1. (prosody) iamb

• iamb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)