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trimeter

Meaning of "trimeter" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TRIMETER

ˈtrɪmɪtə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRIMETER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trimeter can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TRIMETER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trimeter

In poetry, a trimeter is a metre of three metrical feet per line. Examples: When here // the spring // we see, Fresh green // upon // the tree. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel, line 31: She stole along, she nothing spoke.

Definition of trimeter in the English dictionary

The definition of trimeter in the dictionary is a verse line consisting of three metrical feet. Other definition of trimeter is designating such a line.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRIMETER

altimeter · calorimeter · chlorimeter · colorimeter · delimiter · evaporimeter · fluorimeter · isoperimeter · limiter · oximeter · perimeter · planimeter · polarimeter · saccharimeter · scimitar · semiperimeter · solarimeter · spectrofluorimeter · tachymeter · vaporimeter

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRIMETER

trim size · trim tab · trimaran · Trimble · trimer · trimeric · trimerous · trimester · trimestral · trimestrial · trimethadione · trimethoprim · trimethyl · trimethylamine · trimethylene · trimetric · trimetric projection · trimetrical · trimetrogon · trimly

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRIMETER

accelerometer · barometer · centimeter · Demeter · diameter · diffractometer · meter · micrometer · millimeter · multimeter · nanometer · odometer · parameter · peter · potentiometer · spectrometer · spectrophotometer · speedometer · tachometer · thermometer · voltmeter

Synonyms and antonyms of trimeter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trimeter» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TRIMETER

Find out the translation of trimeter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of trimeter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trimeter» in English.
zh

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trimeter
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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trimeter
570 millions of speakers
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trimeter
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hi

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trimeter
380 millions of speakers
ar

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trimeter
280 millions of speakers
ru

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триметр
278 millions of speakers
pt

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trimeter
270 millions of speakers
bn

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ত্রিমাত্রিক চরণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

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trimeter
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Trimeter
190 millions of speakers
de

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trimeter
180 millions of speakers
ja

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trimeter
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

삼보 격의
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Trimeter
85 millions of speakers
vi

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thơ có ba âm
80 millions of speakers
ta

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trimeter
75 millions of speakers
mr

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त्रिमिती
75 millions of speakers
tr

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trimeter
70 millions of speakers
it

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trimeter
65 millions of speakers
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trimeter
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uk

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триметр
40 millions of speakers
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trimeter
30 millions of speakers
el

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τρίμετρους
15 millions of speakers
af

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trimeter
14 millions of speakers
sv

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trimeter
10 millions of speakers
no

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trimeter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trimeter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIMETER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trimeter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIMETER»

Discover the use of trimeter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trimeter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metrical Constraint and the Interpretation of Style in the ...
This study is an interpretation of the choices the tragedians made in regard to certain forms of standardized variations in word order and prosody.
Nicholas Baechle, 2007
2
Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form
In Yeats 's poems, trimeter lines appear by themselves in many stanza forms — as the second and fourth lines of the ballad stanza, for example. In this chapter I examine only entire poems (or segments of sequences) written in trimeter,1 and,  ...
Helen Vendler, 2007
3
The Birds of Aristophanes
941 - 944. Iambic trimeter. 945. Trochaic, dactylic, j , _l 946. Anapaestic. 947. Procel., dactylic ; probably j, ^ i « « w-£- „ .» 948. Dactylic, anapaestic 949-961. Iambic trimeter, 962, 963. Dactylic hexameter. 964, 965, Iambic trimeter. 966-968.
Aristophanes, Cornelius Conway Felton, 1872
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Exercises for Greek verse. [With] Key
THE. METRES. 1 — 158. Hexameter and Pentameter. 159 — 164. Hexameter. 165—170. Iambic Trimeter. 171 — 172. Hexameter and Iambic Trimeter alternately. 173. Like Horace, B. 1. Od. 4. 174. Iambic Trimeter. 175. Iambic Tetrameter ...
Edmund Squire, 1833
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A Grammar of the Latin Language: On the Basis of the Grammar ...
The one consists of four feet, and is called by a Greek name Dimeter (a word meaning ' two measures ;') the other consists of six feet, and is called Trimeter (' six measures.') The reason of these names is, that among the Greeks two feet were ...
Alexander Adam, Charles Dexter Cleveland, 1845
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The Birds of Aristophanes, with notes by C.C. Felton
Iambic trimeter. 962, 963. Dactylic hexameter. 964, 965. Iambic trimeter. 966-968. Dactylic hexameter. 969. Iambic trimeter. 970. Dactylic hexameter. 971. Iambic trimeter. 972 - 974. Dactylic hexameter. 975 - 977. Iambic trimeter. 978 - 980.
Aristophanes, Cornelius Conway Felton, 1849
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The metres of the Greeks and Romans: a manual for schools ...
a manual for schools and private study Eduard Munk. B. Rising Rhythms. — Ionici a minore 148 1. The Monopody, or the Monometer .... 149 2. The Dipody, or the Dimeter 150 3. The Tripody, or the Trimeter 151 4. The Tetrapody, or the ...
Eduard Munk, 1844
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A Manual of Latin Prosody
Dactylic Trimeter C, 177 v. Dactylic Trimeter H, 176 vi. Dactylic Trimeter with a base, 176 vii. Dactylic Dimeter A, 177 viii. Choriambic Tetrameter A, 178 ix. Choriambic Trimeter A, 178 x. Choriambic Dimeter A, 179 xi. Choriambic Dimeter C, 180 ...
William Ramsay, 1859
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Formal Approaches to Poetry: Recent Developments in Metrics
The. ancient. iambic. trimeter: a. disbalanced. harmony*. Maria-Kristiina. Lotman. 1. The origin and the metrical structure of iambic meters There is a general understanding that there were no iambic structures in Indo- European metrics: in  ...
Bezalel Elan Dresher, Nila Friedberg, 2006
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A Grammar of the Latin Language: For the Use of Schools and ...
One iambic trimeter (§ 274, II.) and one iambic dimeter (« 274, VI.). 5. Three Asclepiadics (g 276, III.) and one Glyconic (g 276, IV.). 6. Two Asclepiadics (<! 276, III.), one Pherecratic ({ 276, V.), and one Glyconic ($ 276, IV.). 7. Asclepiadic (| 276 ...
William Bingham, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIMETER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trimeter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hulk Hogan Issues Dumbass Retweet To Keep Shooting Himself In …
... enemy (although I'm not saying that Brooke Hogan's attempt at iambic trimeter is doing him any good, either). The Hulk reposted the following tweet yesterday:. «The Frisky, Jul 15»
2
Hope and history can never rhyme if we rewrite bank guarantee saga
“The Night of the Bank Guarantee” is in iambic trimeter. Three couples of two syllables, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed. «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
3
Invictus MD to Acquire Majority Control of Future Harvest Development
The most popular and industry standard is the Trimeter, made famous because a single glance tells you if your pH, nutrients and temperatures are on target. «Equities.com, Jun 15»
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Sam Leith: Tube campaign makes lovers of language cringe
Here is a sort of trimeter of seven syllables, which naturally scans like “A life on the ocean wave...”; then a more or less straight iambic tetrameter (eight syllables) ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
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Councilman Calls On Baltimore Rappers To Inspire Students
Rap, properly defined, is a closed poetic form consisting of couplets usually in iambic tetrameter, but frequently alternating lines of tetrameter and trimeter.) «Huffington Post, May 15»
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Poem of the week: Modern Female Fashions by Tabitha Bramble
The verses – regular quatrains of alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter, ABAB-rhymed – are neatly, trippingly made. The feminine endings of the B-rhymed ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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An Homage to 'Teachers'
She even taught me poetry. Lambic pentameter. Trochaic tetrameter. My first poem ever, in adolescent anapestic trimeter: "On a hill in the night, stood a church ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
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Getty Villa Will Stage a Marathon of Every Major Greek Tragedy This …
... trio of singing narrators, and swapping out the antique iambic trimeter of Athenian drama with something more archly and colloquially American-vernacular. «LA Weekly, Nov 14»
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Why Does English Use "Iambic Pentameter" and Other Greek Poetic …
And of course the numbers—trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, etc.—are all from the Greek numerals. So what does meter based on heavy and light ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 14»
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Rick Benjamin: Emily Dickinson and finding the music in poetry
Her alternating four-beat (tetrameter) and three-beat (trimeter) lines carry the same rhythm as “Amazing Grace,” and I never hesitate to lead groups of any age in ... «The Providence Journal, Apr 14»
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