[J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.
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Iambic
//aɪˈæmbɪk//
Synonyms for "iambic" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἰαμβικός adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Catalan
1 entries- iàmbic adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Danish
1 entries- jambisk adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Dutch
1 entries- jambisch adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
French
1 entries- iambique adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
German
1 entries- jambisch adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Greek
1 entries- ιαμβικός adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Hungarian
1 entries- jambikus adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Ido
1 entries- iambala adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Italian
1 entries- giambico adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Portuguese
2 entries- iâmbico adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
- jâmbico adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Russian
1 entries- ямби́ческий adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- jȁmpskī adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
- јампски adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Spanish
1 entries- yámbico adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
Swedish
1 entries- jambisk adj (consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance)
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