anapest

== English == === Alternative forms === anapaest (UK) anapæst (archaic) === Etymology === From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/ Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest === Noun === anapest (plural anapests) (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed. (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. ==== Synonyms ==== antidactylus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === anapaest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === patenas, peasant, Pestana, Patanes, taepans, Tapanes == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈpɛst] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.naˈpest] Hyphenation: a‧na‧pest === Noun === anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos) (prosody) anapest (metrical foot) === Further reading === “anapest”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈanapɛst] Rhymes: -ɛst Hyphenation: ana‧pest === Noun === anapest m inan (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “anapest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “anapest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 === Anagrams === Štěpána == Dutch == === Alternative forms === anapaest (dated) anapaestus (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin anapaestus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈpɛst/ Hyphenation: ana‧pest Rhymes: -ɛst === Noun === anapest m (plural anapesten, no diminutive) (prosody) anapest ==== Derived terms ==== anapestisch === Further reading === “anapest” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos). First attested in 1817. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈna.pɛst/ Rhymes: -apɛst Syllabification: a‧na‧pest === Noun === anapest m inan (prosody) anapest Synonym: antydaktyl ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === anapest in Polish dictionaries at PWN J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anapest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 35 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.naˈpest/ === Noun === anapest m (plural anapești) (prosody) anapest ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “anapest”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === anapest m inan (Cyrillic spelling анапест) anapest