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Noun Concept
Categories: Phonology, Articles with short description, Metrical feet, All articles that may contain original research, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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iamb  iambus
EN
A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables WordNet 3.0
English:
foot
poetry
Definitions
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EN
A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Wikipedia
A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Wiktionary
A metrical foot. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
metrical foot
PART OF
iambic pentameter
iambic trimeter
iambic tetrameter
iambic hexameter
iambic hendecasyllable
+1 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
OPPOSITE OF
trochee
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
iamb, iambus
Wikipedia
EN
iamb (poetry)
Wikidata
EN
iamb
Wiktionary
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iamb
Wikipedia Redirections
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Iamb (foot), iambic dimeter, iambic feet, iambic foot, Iambic octameter, Loose iambic, Strict iambic
Wikidata Alias
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iambus, jambus

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