adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Alexandria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Alexandrian
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Standard Lemma guide
alexandrine
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/ˌælɪkˈsændriːn/
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 L AH0 G Z AE1 N D R IY0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to Alexander the Great.
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Synonyms: Alexandrian
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name
Meaning 3
A female given name from French.
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noun
Meaning 4
A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
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Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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Synonyms: Alexandrian
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noun
Meaning 5
A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of Alexandrine parakeet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of alexandrine.
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 8
(prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: line of poetry, line of verse
History
Etymology
Partly from Middle French alexandrin and partly from Latin Alexandrīnus.
From Alexander + -ine.
From French Alexandrine. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ine.
From Middle French alexandrin. So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great (Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1177).
From Middle French alexandrin.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: alexandrí — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Czech: alexandrín — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Dutch: alexandrijn — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Esperanto: aleksandro — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Finnish: aleksandriini — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- French: alexandrin — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- German: Alexandriner — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Italian: alessandrino — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Japanese: アレクサンドラン (arekusandoran) — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Polish: aleksandryn — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Portuguese: alexandrino — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Romanian: alexandrin — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Russian: александрийский стих (aleksandrijskij stix) — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Sicilian: sciannarinu — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Sicilian: xannarinu — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Spanish: alejandrino — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
- Swedish: alexandrin — line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter
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