"tetrameter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tetrameters [plural]
Etymology: tetra- + meter Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₁-|*-trom}}, {{prefix|en|tetra|meter}} tetra- + meter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tetrameter (countable and uncountable, plural tetrameters)
  1. (poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry, Four Translations (a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)): tetrametër [masculine] (Albanian), tetrámetro [masculine] (Catalan), tetrameter (Danish), tetrametri (Finnish), tétramètre (French), tetrâmetro [masculine] (Galician), Tetrameter [neuter] (German), τετράμετρο (tetrámetro) [masculine] (Greek), tetrâmetro [masculine] (Portuguese), tetrametru [masculine] (Romanian), тетра́метр (tetrámetr) [masculine] (Russian), tetrámetro [masculine] (Spanish), tetrameter (Swedish), câu thơ tứ bộ vi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-tetrameter-en-noun-hbA2DRfM Disambiguation of Four: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tetra- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetra-: 53 47 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry)': 84 16
  2. (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has four feet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Prosody
    Sense id: en-tetrameter-en-noun-KyFdUzDu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tetra- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetra-: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tetrametre Derived forms: iambic tetrameter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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