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pentametre

pentametre is the alternative form of pentameter.

Meaning of pentameter

Noun

pentameter (countable and uncountable, plural pentameters)

  1. (countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.
    • The best verses, more especially pentameters, are written on the principle of attracting and fixing the attention to their close.1822, Robert Bland, Elements of Latin Hexameters and Pentameters, third edition, London: John Robinson, page vi
  2. Poetic metre in which each line has five feet.

Forms of pentametre

pluralpentametres

Questions about pentametre

What is pentametre the alternative form of?
Pentametre is the alternative form of pentameter.

Words near pentametre in the dictionary

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  8. pentametric
  9. pentametrically
  10. pentametrist
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