alexandrine
alexandrine · alexandrines
александрийский стих
Alexandriner
A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three…A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
/ˌælɪkˈsændriːn/
» Alexandrine verse is twelve-syllable.
Meaning
1 sensesA line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
Alexandriner
александрийский стихaleksandrijskij stix
More definitions
- (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
Examples
1 sentencesAlexandrine verse is twelve-syllable.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter:
Origin
From Middle French alexandrin. So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander theFrom Middle French alexandrin. So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great (Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1177).
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