iamb

English

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iamb

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Etymology

From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəm/, /ˈaɪˌæm/

• Audio (US):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˌæm/

Noun

iamb (plural iambs)

1. (prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Synonyms

• iambus, jambus

Derived terms

• diiamb
• iambist
• iambize
• limping iamb

Translations

a metrical foot

Armenian: յամբ (hy) (yamb) Belarusian: ямб m (jamb) Bulgarian: ямб m (jamb) Catalan: iambe (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 抑揚格 / 抑扬格 (zh) (yìyánggé) Czech: jamb (cs) m Danish: jambe (da) c Dutch: jambe (nl) m or f Esperanto: jambo (eo) Estonian: jamb (et) Faroese: øvutur tvíliður m Finnish: jambi (fi) French: ïambe (fr) m Galician: iambo m Georgian: იამბი (iambi) German: Jambus (de) m Greek: Ancient Greek: ἴαμβος m (íambos) Hungarian: jambus (hu) Irish: iambus m Italian: giambo (it) m Japanese: アイアンブ (aianbu) Latin: ïambus m Latvian: jambs m Lithuanian: jámbas m Malay: iambus Norwegian: jambe (no) m Occitan: iambe m Polish: jamb (pl) m Portuguese: iambo m Romanian: iamb (ro) m Russian: ямб (ru) m (jamb) Serbo-Croatian: jȁmb (sh) m, ја̏мб m Slovak: jamb m Spanish: yambo (es) m Swedish: jamb (sv) c Ukrainian: ямб (uk) m (jamb)

See also

• trochee

Anagrams

• ambi-, bami, bima, imba

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:

iamb

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Etymology

Borrowed from French ïambe, from Latin ïambus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamb/

Noun

iamb m (plural iambi)

1. (prosody) iamb

Declension

Declension of iamb

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	iamb	iambul		iambi	iambii
genitive-dative	iamb	iambului		iambi	iambilor
vocative	iambule			iambilor

Further reading

• “iamb”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025