iamb

English

Etymology

From French iambe, from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəm/, /ˈaɪˌæm/

Noun

iamb (plural iambs)

A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Synonyms

iambus, jambus

Translations

a metrical foot

Catalan: iambe (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抑揚格 (zh), 抑扬格 (zh) (yìyánggé)
Danish: jambe (da) c
Faroese: øvutur tvíliður m
Finnish: jambi (fi)
French: ïambe (fr) m
Galician: iambo m
German: Jambus (de) m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἴαμβος m (íambos)
Hungarian: jambus
Irish: iambus m

Italian: giambo (it) m
Japanese: アイアンブ (aianbu)
Latin: iambus m
Malay: iambus
Norwegian: jambe (no) m
Polish: jamb (pl) m
Portuguese: iambo m
Russian: ямб (ru) m (jamb)
Serbo-Croatian: jȁmb (sh) m, ја̏мб m
Slovak: jamb m
Spanish: yambo (es) m
Swedish: jamb (sv) c

See also

trochee

Anagrams

ambi-, bami, bima, imba

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