trimeter

English

Alternative forms

• trimetre

Etymology

From tri- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/, /ˈtɹaɪmɪtəɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹaɪmɪtə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

trimeter (plural trimeters)

1. A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
2. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.

Related terms

• trimetric
• trimetrical

See also

• (poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter ^{(Category: en:Prosody)}

Anagrams

• remitter, trimetre