Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ahy-am-buh s]
- /aɪˈæm bəs/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ahy-am-buh s]
- /aɪˈæm bəs/
Definitions of iambi word
- abbreviation IAMBI iamb. 1
- noun iambi plural of iambus. 0
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Origin of iambi
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin < Greek íambos
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Iambi
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
iambi popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
iambi usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for iambi
noun iambi
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- iamb — a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- iambus — iamb.