"hemistich" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hemistichs [plural], hemistiches [plural]
Etymology: From French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|hémistiche}} French hémistiche, {{der|en|la|hēmistichium}} Latin hēmistichium, {{der|en|grc|ἡμιστίχιον}} Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), {{affix|grc|ἡμι-|στίχος|nocat=1|t1=half|t2=verse}} ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|+}} hemistich (plural hemistichs or hemistiches)
  1. An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect. Categories (topical): Prosody Translations (approximate half-line of verse): مِصْرَاع (miṣrāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), misra (Azerbaijani), полустишие (polustišie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), puolisäe (Finnish), hémistiche [masculine] (French), Halbvers [masculine] (German), emistichio [masculine] (Italian), مصرع (mesra') (Persian), hemistiquio [masculine] (Spanish), halvvers [common-gender] (Swedish), hemistik [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hemistich-en-noun-QFaPAGdd Disambiguation of Prosody: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'approximate half-line of verse': 63 37
  2. An unfinished line of verse. Translations (unfinished line of verse): emistichio [masculine] (Italian), hemistiquio [masculine] (Spanish), halvvers [common-gender] (Swedish), hemistik [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hemistich-en-noun-hrUX-ueH Disambiguation of 'unfinished line of verse': 20 80

Inflected forms

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