spondee

English

Etymology

From Latin spondēus (“spondee”), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeios, “associated with a libation”) from σπονδή (spondē, “libation”)- spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations.

Noun

spondee (plural spondees)

1. A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

Derived terms

• spondaic

Translations

word of two syllables

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揚揚格 (cmn), 扬扬格 (cmn) (yángyánggé)

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• Finnish: spondee (fi), kaksipitkä (fi)
• French: spondée (fr) m
• German: Spondeus (de) m
• Greek: σπονδείος (el) (spondeíos) m

• Hungarian: spondeus (hu)
• Ido: spondeo (io)
• Japanese: スポンデー (ja) (supondē), 長長格 (ja) (ちょうちょうかく, chōchōkaku)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: spondej (pl) m
• Portuguese: espondeu (pt) m
• Russian: спонде́й (ru) (spondéj) m
• Sanskrit: कर्ण (sa) (kárṇa) m

External links

• Spondee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Noun

spondee

1. A spondee.

Declension

Declension of spondee (type filee) singular plural nominative spondee spondeet genitive spondeen spondeiden spondeitten partitive spondeeta spondeita accusative spondee spondeen spondeet inessive spondeessa spondeissa elative spondeesta spondeista illative spondeehen spondeeseen spondeihin spondeisiin adessive spondeella spondeilla ablative spondeelta spondeilta allative spondeelle spondeille essive spondeena spondeina translative spondeeksi spondeiksi instructive – spondein abessive spondeetta spondeitta comitative – spondeineen

Synonyms

• kaksipitkä

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Latin

Noun

spondēe

1. vocative singular of spondēus