hemistich

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From French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”).

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِصْرَاع (miṣrāʕ) — approximate half-line of verse
• Azerbaijani: misra — approximate half-line of verse
• Bulgarian: полусти́шие (polustíšie) — approximate half-line of verse
• Catalan: hemistiqui — approximate half-line of verse
• Finnish: puolisäe — approximate half-line of verse
• French: hémistiche — approximate half-line of verse
• German: Halbvers — approximate half-line of verse
• Italian: emistichio — approximate half-line of verse
• Iranian Persian: مِصْراع (mesrâ') — approximate half-line of verse
• Portuguese: hemistíquio — approximate half-line of verse
• Spanish: hemistiquio — approximate half-line of verse
• Swedish: halvvers — approximate half-line of verse
• Swedish: hemistik — approximate half-line of verse
• Italian: emistichio — unfinished line of verse
• Spanish: hemistiquio — unfinished line of verse
• Swedish: halvvers — unfinished line of verse
• Swedish: hemistik — unfinished line of verse