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spondee
spon·dee S0658600 (spŏn′dē′)n. A metrical foot consisting of two long or stressed syllables.
[Middle English sponde, from Old French spondee, from Latin spondēum, from neuter of spondēus, of libations, spondaic, from Greek spondeios, from spondē, libation (from its use in songs performed at libations); see spend- in Indo-European roots.]spondee (ˈspɒndiː) n (Poetry) prosody a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (¯¯)[C14: from Old French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Greek spondeios, from spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies]spon•dee (ˈspɒn di)
n. a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. [1350–1400; Middle English sponde < Latin spondēus < Greek spondeîos, derivative of spondḗ libation (spondees were a feature of hymns sung during libations)] spondeea foot of two syllables, both long or stressed. — spondiac, adj.See also: VersespondeeA metrical foot of two syllables, both accented.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | spondee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllablesmetrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
Translationsspondee
spondee Prosody a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –) Spondee (1) In classical versification, a foot consisting of two long syllables (— —). (2) In syllabotonic versification, a trochaic or iambic foot with an additional stress (ن ن). This type of spondee usually occurs at the beginning of an iambic line or hemistich; an example is A. S. Pushkin’s Shvéd, rússkii kolet, rubit, rezhet (”The Swede, the Russian, thrusts, slashes, cuts”). spondee
spon·dee (spon'dē), A bisyllabic word with equivalent stress on each syllable; used in the testing of hearing for speech. [Fr.] spon·dee (spon-dē) A bisyllabic word with generally equivalent stress on each of the two syllables; used in the testing of speech hearing. [Fr.]spondeeS15-887040 (spon′dē″) [L. spondeus, fr Gr. spondeios, pert. to or used in a libation, fr spondē, libation] A two-syllable word that receives an equal or nearly equal accent on each syllable, e.g., toothbrush, football. Spondaic words are use in audiometry to test for acuity and to establish an auditory baseline spondaic (spon-dā″ik), adjectivespondee
Words related to spondeenoun a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllablesRelated Words- metrical foot
- metrical unit
- foot
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