AMPHIBRACH | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Amphibrach

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late 16th century (originally in the Latin forms amphibrachus, amphibrachys): via Latin from Greek amphibrakhus ‘short at both ends’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈamfɪbrak
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) a long syllable between two short syllables.

Short Definition:

metrical foot consisting of stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables or in Greek and Latin

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