trimeter

English

Alternative forms

trimetre

Etymology

tri- +‎ meter

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/, /ˈtɹaɪmɪtəɹ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹaɪmɪtə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɪmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

trimeter (plural trimeters)

A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.

Related terms

See also

(poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter ^{(Category: en:Prosody)}

Anagrams

remitter, trimetre

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