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French Alexandrine

French Alexandrine is the alternative letter-case form of French alexandrine.

Noun capitalized: French alexandrine

French alexandrine (plural French alexandrines)

  1. An alexandrine that features 12 syllables divided evenly by a middle pause (caesura) after the 6th syllable (6/6 split), with stresses traditionally landing on the 6th and 12th syllables.

Forms of French Alexandrine

pluralFrench Alexandrines
pluralFrench alexandrines

Questions about French Alexandrine

What does French Alexandrine mean?
French Alexandrine means an alexandrine that features 12 syllables divided evenly by a middle pause (caesura) after the 6th syllable (6/6 split), with stresses traditionally landing on the 6th and 12th syllables.
What is French Alexandrine the alternative letter-case form of?
French Alexandrine is the alternative letter-case form of French alexandrine.
What part of speech is French Alexandrine?
French Alexandrine is a noun.
What is the plural of French Alexandrine?
The plural of French Alexandrine is French Alexandrines.

Words near French Alexandrine in the dictionary

  1. french
  2. French 75
  3. French 75s
  4. French Academy
  5. French active
  6. French Alexandrine
  7. French Algeria
  8. French Alps
  9. French and English
  10. French and Indian War
  11. French and Iroquois Wars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: French Alexandrine (page history and authors); French alexandrine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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