TETRAMETER Meaning of TETRAMETER in English [ tɪ'tramɪtə ]■ noun Prosody a verse of four measures.OriginC17: from late L. tetrametrus , from Gk tetrametros , from tetra- 'four' + metron 'measure'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004