Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

masculine caesura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: mas-cu-line -caesura
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A caesura following a stressed syllable.

Example Sentences

"Where the main caesura is not followed by bucolic caesura, lines with feminine caesura differ from lines with masculine caesura in two respects: […]"

Inflected Forms

masculine caesuras (plural) masculine caesurae (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

feminine caesura

Questions

What does masculine caesura mean?: A caesura following a stressed syllable.

How to pronounce masculine caesura

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