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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pen•tam•e•ter /pɛnˈtæmɪtɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Poetry[countable] a line of verse having five metrical feet.
- Poetry[uncountable] unrhymed verse having five iambic feet.
See -meter-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pen•tam•e•ter (pen tam′i tər),USA pronunciation [Pros.]n. - Poetrya line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
- PoetryAlso called elegiac pentameter. [Class. Pros.]a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable.
- Poetryunrhymed verse of five iambic feet;
heroic verse.
adj. - Poetryconsisting of five metrical feet.
- Greek pentámetros. See penta-, meter2
- Latin pentametrus
- 1540–50
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