ELEGIAC PENTAMETER

Meaning of ELEGIAC PENTAMETER in English

noun

: an elegiac hexameter verse

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ELEGIAC PENTAMETER — Class. Pros. pentameter (def. 2).
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — (-íac) adj elegiac (l. [Pros.]; 2. mournful, melancholy)
Interlingua English vocab
PENTAMETER — noun see: measure Date: 1580 a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELEGIAC — also ~al adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion Date: 1542 1. of, relating to, or consisting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PENTAMETER — I. (ˈ)pen.|taməd.ə(r) adjective also pen·ta·met·ric |pentə|me.trik Etymology: pentameter from Middle French pentametre, from Greek pentametros, from penta- + -metros (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — I. |elə̇|jīək, -lē|- also -īˌak; also ə̇ˈlējēˌak or ēˈlē- adjective also el·e·gi·a·cal |elə̇|jīəkəl, -lē|- Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — (a.) Having five metrical feet.
Английский словарь Webster
PENTAMETER — (n.) A verse of five feet.
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ELEGIAC — (n.) Elegiac verse.
Английский словарь Webster
ELEGIAC — (a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
Английский словарь Webster
ELEGIAC — (a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
Английский словарь Webster
PENTAMETER — ( n. ) A verse of five feet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — ( a. ) Having five metrical feet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — ( n. ) Elegiac verse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — ( a. ) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — ( a. ) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — — pentametrist , n. /pen tam"i teuhr/ , Pros. n. 1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — /el'i juy"euhk, -ak, i lee"jee ak'/ , adj. Also, elegiacal . 1. used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — n. line containing five feet (Poetry)
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ELEGIAC — adj. sad, mournful (also elegiacal)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELEGIAC — n. elegy, lament, dirge, mournful poem
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PENTAMETER — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek pentametros having five metrical feet, from penta- + metron measure — more at measure Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELEGIAC — i-ˈlē-jē-ˌak adjective also el·e·gi·a·cal ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-kəl Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion Date: 1542 1. a. : of, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PENTAMETER — noun a verse of five feet. 2. pentameter ·adj having five metrical feet.
Webster English vocab
ELEGIAC — noun elegiac verse. 2. elegiac ·adj used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a …
Webster English vocab
PENTAMETER — [ pɛn'tamɪtə ] ■ noun Prosody a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELEGIAC — [ ˌɛlɪ'dʒʌɪək ] ■ adjective relating to or characteristic of an elegy. ↘wistfully mournful. ■ noun ( ~s ) verses …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PENTAMETER — [pen.tam.e.ter] n [L, fr. Gk pentametros having five metrical feet, fr. penta- + metron measure--more at measure] (1589): a line …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELEGIAC — [ele.gi.ac] also el.e.gi.a.cal adj [LL elegiacus, fr. Gk elegeiakos, fr. elegeion] (1542) 1 a: of, relating to, or consisting of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PENTAMETER — in poetry, a line of verse containing five metrical feet. In English verse, in which pentameter has been the predominant …
Britannica English vocabulary
PENTAMETER — pentameter BrE AmE pen ˈtæm ɪt ə -ət- AmE \ -ət̬ ə r ▷ pentameter|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — elegiac BrE AmE ˌel ɪ ˈdʒaɪ‿ək ◂ -ə-, -æk ▷ elegiac|s s ▶ ˌ ele ˌ giac ˈ couplet BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — / penˈtæmɪtə(r); NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( technical ) a line of poetry with five stressed …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — / ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək; NAmE / adjective ( formal or literary ) expressing sadness, especially about the past or people who have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — pen ‧ tam ‧ e ‧ ter /penˈtæmətə, penˈtæmɪtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] a line of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ELEGIAC — el ‧ e ‧ gi ‧ ac /ˌeləˈdʒaɪək◂, ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək◂/ BrE AmE adjective literary showing that you feel sad about someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PENTAMETER — n. 1 a verse of five feet, e.g. English iambic verse of ten syllables. 2 a form of Gk or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ELEGIAC — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. --n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PENTAMETER — n. 1 a verse of five feet, e.g. English iambic verse of ten syllables. 2 a form of Gk or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — n.1 a verse of five feet, e.g. English iambic verse of ten syllables. 2 a form of Gk or Latin …
Oxford English vocab
ELEGIAC — adj. & n. --adj. 1. (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. --n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac …
Oxford English vocab
PENTAMETER — ( pentameters) In literary criticism, a pentameter is a line of poetry that has five strong beats in it. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — Something that is elegiac expresses or shows sadness. ( LITERARY ) The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PENTAMETER — (~s) In literary criticism, a ~ is a line of poetry that has five strong beats in it. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ELEGIAC — Something that is ~ expresses or shows sadness. (LITERARY) The music has a dreamy, ~ quality. ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PENTAMETER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES iambic pentameter EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is written in basic pentameter with exactly ten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ELEGIAC — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ elegiac verse EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Both catch the film's elegiac mood, bathed in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ELEGIAC — [adjective]
Cambridge English vocab
ELEGIAC — Synonyms and related words : Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dirgelike, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PENTAMETER — Similar to a centameter, but with five sides. Example: The mayor's office decided that pentameters would be the standard unit …
Slang English vocab
PENTAMETER — сущ.; просодика пентаметр (стихотворный размер) (стихосложение) пентаметр pentameter прос. пентаметр
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEGIAC — a элегический, грустный elegiac pl элегические стихи ~ элегический; грустный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENTAMETER — Пентаметр
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PENTAMETER — pentameter.ogg penʹtæmıtə n стих. пентаметр
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELEGIAC — elegiac.ogg ͵eıʹdʒaıək,(ə)l a 1. элегический elegiac(al) distich - элегический дистих elegiac(al) stanza - строфа из четырёх строк, написанная пятистопным ямбом; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PENTAMETER — пентаметр
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PENTAMETER — (n) пентаметр
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PENTAMETER — n стих. пентаметр
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PENTAMETER — n стих. пентаметр
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ELEGIAC — a 1. элегический elegiac(al) distich - элегический дистих elegiac(al) stanza - строфа из четырёх строк, написанная пятистопным ямбом; схема рифм …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PENTAMETER — сущ.; просодика пентаметр (стихотворный размер) (стихосложение) пентаметр pentameter прос. пентаметр
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEGIAC — a элегический, грустный elegiac pl элегические стихи ~ элегический; грустный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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