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alexandrine
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al·ex·an·drine also Al·ex·an·drine  (lg-zndrn)
n.
1. A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter, usually with a caesura after the third foot.
2. A line of French verse consisting of 12 syllables with a caesura usually falling after the sixth syllable.
adj.
Characterized by or composed in either of these meters.
[French alexandrin, from Old French, from Alexandre, title of a romance about Alexander the Great that was written in this meter.]
Alexandrine [ˌælɪgˈzændraɪn -drɪn -ˈzɑːn-] Prosody
n
(Literature / Poetry) a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third foot
adj
(Literature / Poetry) of, characterized by, or written in Alexandrines
[from French alexandrin, from Alexandre, title of 15th-century poem written in this metre]
Alexandrine
an iambic hexameter, or iambic verse with six feet.
See also: Verse
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Noun1.Alexandrine - (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
line of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem
Translations
alexandrine [ˌælɪgˈzændraɪn] N → alejandrino m
alexandrine
n → Alexandriner m
adj → alexandrinisch
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