iamb

iamb

English

Etymology

From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəm/, /ˈaɪˌæm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˌæm/

Noun

iamb (plural iambs)

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

Synonyms

• iambus, jambus

Translations

a metrical foot

Armenian: յամբ (hy) (yamb) Belarusian: ямб m (jamb) Bulgarian: ямб m (jamb) Catalan: iambe (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 抑揚格／抑扬格 (zh) (yìyánggé) Czech: jamb (cs) m Danish: jambe (da) c Dutch: jambe (nl) m or f Esperanto: jambo (eo) Estonian: jamb (et) Faroese: øvutur tvíliður m Finnish: jambi (fi) French: ïambe (fr) m Galician: iambo m Georgian: იამბი (iambi) German: Jambus (de) m Greek: Ancient Greek: ἴαμβος m (íambos) Hungarian: jambus Irish: iambus m Italian: giambo (it) m Japanese: アイアンブ (aianbu) Latin: iambus m Latvian: jambs m Lithuanian: jambas m Malay: iambus Norwegian: jambe (no) m Occitan: please add this translation if you can Polish: jamb (pl) m Portuguese: iambo m Romanian: iamb (ro) m Russian: ямб (ru) m (jamb) Serbo-Croatian: jȁmb (sh) m, ја̏мб m Slovak: jamb m Spanish: yambo (es) m Swedish: jamb (sv) c Ukrainian: ямб (uk) m (jamb)

See also

• trochee

Anagrams

• ambi-, bami, bima, imba

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Romanian

Etymology

From French ïambe, from Latin iambus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamb/

Noun

iamb m (plural iambi)

1. (prosody) iamb

Declension

Declension of iamb

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) iamb	iambul	(niște) iambi	iambii
genitive/dative	(unui) iamb	iambului	(unor) iambi	iambilor
vocative	iambule		iambilor

Further reading

• iamb in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)