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trimeter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/ (US)
• /ˈtɹaɪmɪtəɹ/ (US)
• /ˈtɹaɪmɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From tri- + meter.

Meanings

1. A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
2. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.
   • All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue. 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 20:

Forms

Relateds

trimetrical · trimetric