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enjambment

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɪnˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/
  • /ɪnˈd͡ʒæmb.mənt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enjambement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prosody, inflection

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French enjambement.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: versbinding — a technique in poetry
  • Faroese: yvirstig — a technique in poetry
  • Finnish: säkeenylitys — a technique in poetry
  • French: enjambement — a technique in poetry
  • German: Zeilensprung — a technique in poetry
  • German: Verssprung — a technique in poetry
  • German: Enjambement — a technique in poetry
  • Hungarian: áthajlás — a technique in poetry
  • Hungarian: enjambement — a technique in poetry
  • Italian: inarcatura — a technique in poetry
  • Northern Kurdish: enjambeman — a technique in poetry
  • Polish: przerzutnia — a technique in poetry
  • Portuguese: enjambement — a technique in poetry
  • Portuguese: cavalgamento — a technique in poetry
  • Portuguese: encavalgamento — a technique in poetry
  • Russian: анжамбема́н (anžambemán) — a technique in poetry
  • Russian: перено́с (perenós) — a technique in poetry
  • Serbo-Croatian: opkoračenje — a technique in poetry
  • Spanish: encabalgamiento — a technique in poetry
  • Swedish: versbindning — a technique in poetry
  • Swedish: enjambemang — a technique in poetry
  • Ukrainian: перене́сення (perenésennja) — a technique in poetry
  • Ukrainian: енжамбема́н (enžambemán) — a technique in poetry
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