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A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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a verse line having four metrical feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: verse, verse line
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kwétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English meter English tetrameter From tetra- + meter.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
tetrametër
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Catalan:
tetrámetro
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Danish:
tetrameter
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Finnish:
tetrametri
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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French:
tétramètre
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Galician:
tetrâmetro
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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German:
Tetrameter
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Greek:
τετράμετρο
(tetrámetro)
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Portuguese:
tetrâmetro
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Romanian:
tetrametru
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Russian:
тетра́метр
(tetrámetr)
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Spanish:
tetrámetro
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Swedish:
tetrameter
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)
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Vietnamese:
câu thơ tứ bộ vi
— a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)