Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrameter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: te-tra-me-ter
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A line in a poem having four metrical feet.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English meter English tetrameter From tetra- + meter.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tetrameters (plural) tetrametre (alternative)

Phrases

iambic tetrameter

Questions

What does tetrameter mean?: A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
Where does tetrameter come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English meter English tetrameter From tetra- + meter.

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