alexandrin

See also: Alexandrin and Alexandřin

French

Etymology

From Latin Alexandrīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃/

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Adjective

alexandrin (feminine alexandrine, masculine plural alexandrins, feminine plural alexandrines)

1. (relational) alexandrine

Noun

alexandrin m (plural alexandrins)

1. (poetry) alexandrine (line of poetic meter having twelve syllables)

Further reading

• “alexandrin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alexandrin, from Latin Alexandrinus.

Adjective

alexandrin m or n (feminine singular alexandrină, masculine plural alexandrini, feminine/neuter plural alexandrine)

1. alexandrine

Declension

Declension of alexandrin

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	alexandrin		alexandrină		alexandrini	alexandrine
	definite	alexandrinul		alexandrina		alexandrinii	alexandrinele
genitive- dative	indefinite	alexandrin		alexandrine		alexandrini	alexandrine
	definite	alexandrinului		alexandrinei		alexandrinilor	alexandrinelor

Swedish

Noun

alexandrin c

1. an alexandrine (line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter)
2. an Alexandrian (native or inhabitant of Alexandria)

Declension

Declension of alexandrin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alexandrin	alexandrins
	definite	alexandrinen	alexandrinens
plural	indefinite	alexandriner	alexandriners
	definite	alexandrinerna	alexandrinernas

Related terms

• Alexandria
• alexandrinsk

References

• alexandrin in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• alexandrin in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1904)