Tribrach

//ˈtɹaɪbɹæk//

Synonyms for "tribrach" (27 found)

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Ancient Greek

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  • τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς noun (prosody: metrical foot comprising three short syllables)

French

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  • tribraque noun (prosody: metrical foot comprising three short syllables)

Latin

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  • tribrachys noun (prosody: metrical foot comprising three short syllables)

Swedish

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  • trefot noun (surveying: circular platform on three legs used to connect a theodolite to a tripod)

Sample sentences

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For your foote tribracchus of all three short, ye haue very few trissillables.

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We may vse a Spondee or Iambick and sometime a Tribrack or Dactile.

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Tribrachus or Tribrachys, (Gr[eek]) a Foot in Greek and Latin Verſe, conſiſting of three ſhort Syllables; as Pŏpŭlŭs.

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Of all the resolved feet, the Tribrach in Trochaic verse with its ictus on the first syllable ⏑́⏑⏑ is most readily recognised by the ear as equivalent to the Trochee.

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