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Webster 1913 Edition

Iamb

I′amb

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

iambe

. See

.]

An iambus or iambic.

[R.]

Definition 2024

iamb

iamb

English

Noun

iamb ‎(plural iambs)

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 (zh), 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