English Explanatory Dictionary

anapest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
  2. In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
  3. A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.

Pronunciation

/ˈæ.nə.piːst/ /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anapest.wav

Word forms

anapest anapests anapaest anapæst

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”).

Synonyms

antidactylus

Derived words

anapestic anapestical

Translations

Armenian: անապեստ Armenian: վերջատանջ Catalan: anapest Czech: anapest Danish: anapest Dutch: anapest Faroese: øvutur tríliður Finnish: anapesti French: anapeste German: Anapäst Greek: ανάπαιστος Ancient Greek: ἀνάπαιστος Ido: anapesto Irish: anaipéist Latin: anapaestus Norwegian Bokmål: anapest Norwegian Nynorsk: anapest Polish: anapest Polish: antydaktyl Portuguese: anapesto Russian: ана́пест Serbo-Croatian: ана̀пест Serbo-Croatian: anàpest Spanish: anapesto Swedish: anapest
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