"pentameter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pentameter.wav Forms: pentameters [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle French pentamètre, by surface analysis, penta- + meter. Etymology templates: {{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), pentasyllabe [masculine] (French), Fünfheber [masculine] (German), pentameter (Hungarian), pentametru [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-pentameter-en-noun-tmO0vids Disambiguation of Five: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with penta-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with penta-: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 78 22 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'line in a poem': 86 14
  2. (poetry) Poetic metre in which each line has five feet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (poetic metre): pentametri (Finnish), pentamètre [masculine] (French), Fünfheber [masculine] (German), pentameter (Hungarian), pięciostopowiec [masculine] (Polish), pentametr [masculine] (Polish), pentametru [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-pentameter-en-noun-mFCmMdQx Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'poetic metre': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pentametre Derived forms: elegiac pentameter, iambic pentameter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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