Dictionary

anapest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæ.nə.piːst/

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”).

Meanings

1. A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | ⏖ – |: ▸ In qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.
2. A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | ⏖ – |: ▸ In quantitative metre, a foot with two short syllables followed by a long final syllable.
3. (qualifier:transferred sense) A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | ⏖ – |: ▸ An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.

Forms

Deriveds

anapestical · anapestic

Synonyms

antidactyl · antidactylus · antidactylus · antidactyl · antidactylus · antidactyl

Translations (33)

es anapesto (metrical foot) · pl anapest (metrical foot) · el ανάπαιστος (metrical foot) · pl anapest (verse using this meter) · nl anapest (metrical foot) · io anapesto (metrical foot) · ru ана́пест (verse using this meter) · sv anapest (metrical foot) · ca anapest (metrical foot) · sh ана̀пест (metrical foot) · cs anapest (metrical foot) · fo øvutur tríliður (metrical foot) · ru ана́пест (metrical foot) · sh anàpest (metrical foot) · pt anapesto (verse using this meter) · sh ана̀пест (verse using this meter) · de Anapäst (metrical foot) · hy վերջատանջ (metrical foot) · sh anàpest (verse using this meter) · la anapaestus (metrical foot) · da anapest (metrical foot) · pt anapesto (metrical foot) · grc ἀνάπαιστος (metrical foot) · nl anapest (verse using this meter) · nb anapest (metrical foot) · de Anapäst (verse using this meter) · fr anapeste (metrical foot) · fi anapesti (metrical foot) · ga anaipéist (metrical foot) · ga anaipéist (verse using this meter) · hy անապեստ (metrical foot) · nn anapest (metrical foot) · pl antydaktyl (metrical foot)

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