"pentameter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pentameter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pentameters [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle French pentamètre, by surface analysis, penta- + meter. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*pénkʷe}} *pénkʷe, {{PIE word|en|pénkʷe}} PIE word *pénkʷe, {{der|en|frm|pentamètre}} Middle French pentamètre, {{surf|en|penta-|meter|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, penta- + meter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pentameter (countable and uncountable, plural pentameters)
  1. (poetry, countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Poetry, Five Translations (line in a poem): pentametri (Finnish), Fünfheber [masculine] (German), pentameter (Hungarian), pentametru [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-pentameter-en-noun-tmO0vids Disambiguation of Five: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with penta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with penta-: 48 52 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'line in a poem': 70 30
  2. (poetry) Poetic metre in which each line has five feet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (poetic metre): pentametri (Finnish), Fünfheber [masculine] (German), pentameter (Hungarian), pięciostopowiec [masculine] (Polish), pentametr [masculine] (Polish), pentametru [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-pentameter-en-noun-mFCmMdQx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with penta- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with penta-: 48 52 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'poetic metre': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pentametre Derived forms: elegiac pentameter, iambic pentameter

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