- tetrabrach
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/te"treuh brak'/, n. Class. Pros.a metrical foot or word of four short syllables.[ < Gk tetrábrachys having four short syllables. See TETRA-, BRACHY-]
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tetrabrach
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tetrabrach — tet·ra·brach … English syllables
tetrabrach — /ˈtɛtrəbræk/ (say tetruhbrak) noun a metrical foot or word of four short syllables. {Greek tetrabrachys having four short syllables} …
tetrabrach — n. metrical foot, or word, of four short syllables … Dictionary of difficult words
tetrabrach — ˈte.trəˌbrak noun ( s) Etymology: Greek tetrabrachys, from tetra + brachys short more at brief : a word or foot of four short syllables in classical prosody * * * /te treuh brak /, n. Class. Pros. a metrical foot or word of four short syllables.… … Useful english dictionary
Foot (prosody) — The foot is the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse in most Western traditions of poetry, including English accentual syllabic verse and the quantitative meter of classical ancient Greek and Latin poetry. The unit is composed of… … Wikipedia
Glossary of poetry terms — This is a glossary of poetry terminology.Measures of verseTypes of metreBelow, short/long definitions of a syllable of classical languages correspond to unstressed/stressed of English language.* Amphibrach: short long short * Amphimacer or cretic … Wikipedia
tetra- — a word element meaning four , as in tetrabrach. Also, (before vowels), tetr . {Greek, combining form of tettares} …
tetraseme — ˈte.trəˌsēm noun ( s) Etymology: back formation from tetrasemic : a tetrasemic foot (as a tetrabrach or a spondee) … Useful english dictionary
