tetrameter

[ te-tram-i-ter ]

/ tɛˈtræm ɪ tər /

noun

Prosody. a verse of four feet.

Classical Prosody. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter.

adjective

Prosody. consisting of four metrical feet.

Origin of tetrameter

1605–15; <Latin tetrametrus<Greek tetrámetros having four measures. See tetra-, meter²

Words nearby tetrameter

tetralite, tetralogy, tetralogy of Fallot, tetramer, tetramerous, tetrameter, tetramethyldiarsine, tetramethyllead, tetrandrous, tetranitrate, tetraparesis

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Example sentences from the Web for tetrameter

In its highest order, the lyric or 'ode,' it is a tetrameter, the line having the time of eight iambics.
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
It is called a tetrameter, and consists of fifteen syllables (mostly —∪, called trochees).
The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'|H. B. Cotterill
A tetrameter brachycatalectic in both sections may also be broken up either by leonine or by inserted rhyme.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper
A stanza made up of tetrameter alternating with trimeter is very common.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

In its highest order, the lyric or “ode,” it is a tetrameter, the line having the time of eight iambics.
The Unknown Eros|Coventry Patmore

British Dictionary definitions for tetrameter

tetrameter

/ (tɛˈtræmɪtə) /

noun prosody

a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet

a verse composed of such lines

(in classical prosody) a line of verse composed of four dipodies

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单词	tetrameter
释义	tetrameter [ te-tram-i-ter ] / tɛˈtræm ɪ tər / noun Prosody. a verse of four feet. Classical Prosody. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. adjective Prosody. consisting of four metrical feet. Origin of tetrameter 1605–15; <Latin tetrametrus<Greek tetrámetros having four measures. See tetra-, meter² Words nearby tetrameter tetralite, tetralogy, tetralogy of Fallot, tetramer, tetramerous, tetrameter, tetramethyldiarsine, tetramethyllead, tetrandrous, tetranitrate, tetraparesis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tetrameter In its highest order, the lyric or 'ode,' it is a tetrameter, the line having the time of eight iambics. English Verse\|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D. It is called a tetrameter, and consists of fifteen syllables (mostly —∪, called trochees). The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'\|H. B. Cotterill A tetrameter brachycatalectic in both sections may also be broken up either by leonine or by inserted rhyme. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper A stanza made up of tetrameter alternating with trimeter is very common. English: Composition and Literature\|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster In its highest order, the lyric or “ode,” it is a tetrameter, the line having the time of eight iambics. The Unknown Eros\|Coventry Patmore British Dictionary definitions for tetrameter tetrameter / (tɛˈtræmɪtə) / noun prosody a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet a verse composed of such lines (in classical prosody) a line of verse composed of four dipodies Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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