"octameter" meaning in English

See octameter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: octameters [plural]
Etymology: From octa- + meter. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|octa|meter}} octa- + meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} octameter (plural octameters)
  1. A line of verse containing eight metrical feet Wikipedia link: octameter Categories (topical): Eight, Poetry Translations (A line of verse): oktametr (Czech), oktametri (Finnish), kahdeksanmittainen säe (Finnish), octosyllabe [masculine] (French), ottametro [masculine] (Italian), octâmetro [masculine] (Portuguese), octometru [neuter] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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