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iamb — IAMB, iambi, s.m. Picior de vers compus din două silabe, dintre care, în prozodia antică, prima este scurtă şi a doua lungă, iar în prozodia modernă, prima este neaccentuată, iar cea de a doua accentuată. – Din fr. iambe, lat. iambus. Trimis de… … Dicționar Român
Iamb — I amb, n. [Cf. F. iambe. See {Lambus}.] An iambus or iambic. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
iamb — (n.) 1842, from Fr. iambe (16c.), from L. iambus, from Gk. iambos (see IAMBIC (Cf. iambic)). Iambus itself was used in English in this sense in 1580s … Etymology dictionary
Iamb — An iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in i amb). This… … Wikipedia
iamb — UK [ˈaɪæm] / US [ˈaɪˌæm] noun [countable] Word forms iamb : singular iamb plural iambuses literature a unit of rhythm in poetry, consisting of one short or weak beat followed by one long or strong beat, for example in the word mistake … English dictionary
Iamb (band) — Iamb is a band from the Central Coast of California. While it began as a solo recording project by frontman Ross Major, Iamb now performs with various members as a band. The music can be described as a combination of indie, post rock, or folk… … Wikipedia
iamb — or iambus noun (plural iambs or iambuses) Etymology: Latin iambus, from Greek iambos Date: 1586 a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
iamb — /uy am, uy amb/, n. Pros. a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love. [1835 45; short for IAMBUS] * * * ▪… … Universalium
iamb — noun A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable … Wiktionary
iamb — s. m., pl. iambi … Romanian orthography
