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amphibrachenUK
am·phi·brach A0264700 (ăm′fə-brăk′)n. A trisyllabic metrical foot having one accented or long syllable between two unaccented or short syllables, as in the word remember.
[Latin amphibrachys, from Greek amphibrakhus : amphi-, amphi- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]amphibrach (ˈæmfɪˌbræk) n (Poetry) prosody a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (˘¯˘). Compare cretic[C16: from Latin, from Greek amphibrakhus, literally: both ends being short, from amphi- + brakhus short] ˌamphiˈbrachic adjam•phi•brach (ˈæm fəˌbræk)
n. a trisyllabic metrical foot whose syllables are short, long, short in quantitative meter, and unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter. [1580–90; < Latin amphibrachus < Greek amphíbrachys short at both ends =amphi- amphi- + brachýs short] am`phi•brach′ic, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
TranslationsamphibrachenUK
Words related to amphibrachnoun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (eRelated Words- metrical foot
- metrical unit
- foot
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