iamb

English

Etymology

From French iambe, from Latin iambus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəm/

Noun

iamb ‎(plural iambs)

1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Synonyms

• iambus, jambus

Translations

a metrical foot

• Catalan: iambe (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抑揚格, 抑扬格 (zh) ‎(yìyánggé)

• Finnish: jambi (fi)
• French: ïambe (fr) m
• German: Jambus (de) m
• Hungarian: jambus
• Irish: iambus m
• Italian: giambo (it) m

• Japanese: アイアンブ ‎(aianbu)
• Latin: iambus m
• Malay: iambus
• Norwegian: jambe (no) m
• Polish: jamb (pl) m
• Portuguese: iambo m
• Russian: ямб (ru) m ‎(jamb)
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁmb (sh) m, ја̏мб m
• Slovak: jamb m
• Spanish: yambo (es) m
• Swedish: jamb (sv) c

See also

• trochee