iambic

See also: iàmbic and ïambic

English

Alternative forms

• ïambic (rare)
• iambical
• iambick (obsolete)
• jambic

Etymology

From Middle French ïambique, from Late Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪˌæmbɪk/
• Rhymes: -æmbɪk

Adjective

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

1. (prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]
   • 1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17:

     [J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.

Derived terms

• iambic pentameter
• iambic tetrameter
• iambically

Translations

consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance

• Catalan: iàmbic (ca)
• Danish: jambisk
• Dutch: jambisch (nl)
• French: iambique (fr)
• German: jambisch (de)
• Greek: ιαμβικός (el) (iamvikós)

  Ancient: ἰαμβικός (iambikós)

• Hungarian: jambikus (hu)
• Ido: iambala (io)
• Italian: giambico
• Portuguese: iâmbico, jâmbico
• Russian: ямби́ческий (ru) (jambíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁmpskī (sh), јампски
• Spanish: yámbico (es)
• Swedish: jambisk (sv)

Noun

iambic (plural iambics)

1. (prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.

Antonyms

• trochaic

Anagrams

• cimbia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French iambique, from Latin iambicus.

Adjective

iambic m or n (feminine singular iambică, masculine plural iambici, feminine and neuter plural iambice)

1. iambic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	iambic		iambică		iambici	iambice
	definite	iambicul		iambica		iambicii	iambicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	iambic		iambice		iambici	iambice
	definite	iambicului		iambicei		iambicilor	iambicelor