limerick

WOTD – 17 March 2007    

See also Limerick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪmərɪk/

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Noun

limerick (plural limericks)

1. A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically has a 9-9-6-6-9 cadence.

Translations

rhyming verse of five lines

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五行打油詩 (cmn), 五行打油诗 (cmn) (wǔháng dǎyóushī)

• Dutch: limerick (nl)
• Finnish: limerikki (fi)
• French: limerick (fr) m
• German: Limerick (de) n

• Icelandic: limra (is) f
• Irish: luimneach (ga) m
• Japanese: リメリック (ja) (rimerikku)
• Polish: limeryk (pl) m
• Russian: лимерик (ru) (límerik) m

External links

• Limerick (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Limerick (poetry)
• Limerick (song) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Limerick (song)
• Limerick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Limerick (disambiguation)