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tetrameter

te·tram·e·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [te-tram-i-ter]
    • /tɛˈtræm ɪ tər/
    • /te.ˈtræ.mɪ.tə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [te-tram-i-ter]
    • /tɛˈtræm ɪ tər/

Definitions of tetrameter word

  • noun tetrameter Prosody. a verse of four feet. 1
  • noun tetrameter Classical Prosody. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. 1
  • adjective tetrameter Prosody. consisting of four metrical feet. 1
  • noun tetrameter a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet 0
  • noun tetrameter a verse composed of such lines 0
  • noun tetrameter (in classical prosody) a line of verse composed of four dipodies 0
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Origin of tetrameter

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin tetrametrus < Greek tetrámetros having four measures. See tetra-, meter2

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Parts of speech for Tetrameter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tetrameter popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • alcmanic verse

    a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.

  • archilochian

    denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him

  • ballad stanza

    a four-line stanza, often used in ballads, in which the second and fourth lines rhyme and have three stresses each and the first and third lines are unrhymed and have four stresses each

  • hudibrastic

    of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.

  • long measure

    Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
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