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trimeter

UK/ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/US/ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/

trimeter noun: a line in a poem having three metrical feet.

Noun

trimeter (plural trimeters)

  1. A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
  2. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.
    • All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 20

Forms of trimeter

pluraltrimeters
alternative formtrimetre

Origin of trimeter

From tri- + meter.

Words that rhyme with trimeter

Questions about trimeter

What does trimeter mean?
Trimeter means a line in a poem having three metrical feet.
What part of speech is trimeter?
Trimeter is a noun.
How do you pronounce trimeter?
Trimeter is pronounced /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of trimeter?
The plural of trimeter is trimeters.

Words near trimeter in the dictionary

  1. trimetaphan
  2. trimetaphan camsilate
  3. trimetaphosphate
  4. trimetaphosphates
  5. trimetazidine
  6. trimeter
  7. trimeters
  8. trimethadione
  9. trimethadiones
  10. trimethaphan
  11. trimethaphan camsylate

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