amphibrach

am·phi·brach

 (ăm′fə-brăk′)

n.

A trisyllabic metrical foot having one accented or long syllable between two unaccented or short syllables, as in the word remember.

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[Latin amphibrachys, from Greek amphibrakhus : amphi-, amphi- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]

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amphibrach

(ˈæmfɪˌbræk)

n

(Poetry) prosody a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (˘¯˘). Compare cretic

[C16: from Latin, from Greek amphibrakhus, literally: both ends being short, from amphi- + brakhus short]

ˌamphiˈbrachic adj

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am•phi•brach

(ˈæm fəˌbræk)

n.

a trisyllabic metrical foot whose syllables are short, long, short in quantitative meter, and unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter.

[1580–90; < Latin amphibrachus < Greek amphíbrachys short at both ends =amphi- amphi- + brachýs short]

am`phi•brach′ic, adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

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Translations

амфибрахий