iamb
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iamb (plural iambs)
- (prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a metrical foot
|
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French ïambe, from Latin iambus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iamb m (plural iambi)
Declension[edit]
Declension of iamb
Further reading[edit]
- iamb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Prosody
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Prosody