anapest

English

WOTD – 6 August 2015

Alternative forms

• anapaest (UK)
• anapæst (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from , from + .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest

Noun

anapest (plural anapests)

1. (prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
2. (prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., Latin pariēs: pa-ri-ēs).
3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.

Synonyms

• antidactylus

Derived terms

• anapestic

Translations

metrical foot

• Armenian: անապեստ (hy) (anapest), վերջատանջ (hy) (verǰatanǰ)
• Catalan: anapest m
• Czech: anapest m
• Danish: anapest c
• Dutch: anapest (nl) m
• Faroese: øvutur tríliður m
• Finnish: anapesti (fi)
• French: anapeste (fr) m
• German: Anapäst (de) m
• Greek: ανάπαιστος (el) m (anápaistos)

  Ancient: ἀνάπαιστος m or f (anápaistos)

• Ido: anapesto (io)
• Irish: anaipéist f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: anapaestus m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anapest m

  Nynorsk: anapest m

• Polish: anapest (pl) m, antydaktyl m
• Portuguese: anapesto (pt) m
• Russian: ана́пест (ru) m (anápest)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ана̀пест m

  Roman: anàpest (sh) m

• Spanish: anapesto m
• Swedish: anapest (sv) c

verse using this meter

• Dutch: anapest (nl) m
• German: Anapäst (de) m
• Irish: anaipéist f
• Polish: anapest (pl) m
• Portuguese: anapesto (pt) m
• Russian: ана́пест (ru) m (anápest)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ана̀пест m

  Roman: anàpest (sh) m

Further reading

• anapest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Patanes, Pestana, Tapanes, patenas, peasant

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈpest]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.naˈpest]
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧pest

Noun

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)

1. (prosody) anapest (metrical foot)

Further reading

• “anapest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanapɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: ana‧pest

Noun

1. (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed.
   • 1997, Jiří Fukač with Jiří Vysloužil and Petr Macek, Slovník české hudební kultury‎^[1], Praha: Editio Supraphon, →ISBN, page 742:

     K nejfrekventovanějším stopám patří trochej (¯ ˘), jamb (˘ ¯), daktyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amfibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) a spondej (¯ ¯).

     Trochee (¯ ˘), iamb (˘ ¯), dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amphibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) and spondee (¯ ¯) belong among the most frequented feet.

   • 2007, James Dickey, “Básník jde do sebe”, in Revolver revue‎^[2], volumes 67–68, page 125:

     Jakmile jsem si vytvořil tento vztah ke zvuku, jazyku a námětu, okamžitě jsem viděl – lépe řečeno, okamžitě jsem slyšel –, že anapest nemusí pokaždé skončit jako monotónní, ucouraná, vlezlá odrhovačka na způsob básní Edgara Allana Poea, Roberta Service, Kiplinga a dalších.

     I saw at once—or rather I heard at once—when I began to have this kind of relationship to sound, language and subject, that the anapest needn't result in the monotonous, slugging, obtrusive singsong that it has in the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Service, Kipling, and others.

Derived terms

• anapestický

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

Anagrams

• Štěpána

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• anapaest (dated)
• anapaestus (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.naːˈpɛst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ana‧pest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

anapest m (plural anapesten)

1. (prosody) anapest

Derived terms

• anapestisch

Further reading

• “anapest” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈna.pɛst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apɛst
• Syllabification: a‧na‧pest

Noun

anapest m inan

1. (prosody) anapest

   Synonym: antydaktyl

Declension

Declension of anapest

	singular	plural
nominative	anapest	anapesty
genitive	anapestu	anapestów
dative	anapestowi	anapestom
accusative	anapest	anapesty
instrumental	anapestem	anapestami
locative	anapeście	anapestach
vocative	anapeście	anapesty

Derived terms

adjective

• anapestyczny

 

Further reading

• anapest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anapest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈpest/

Noun

anapest m (plural anapești)

1. (prosody) anapest

Declension

Declension of anapest

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) anapest	anapestul	(niște) anapești	anapeștii
genitive/dative	(unui) anapest	anapestului	(unor) anapești	anapeștilor
vocative	anapestule		anapeștilor

Derived terms

adjective

• anapestic

 

Further reading

• anapest in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

anapest m (Cyrillic spelling анапест)

1. anapest