HyperDic: anapaest

English > 1 sense of the word anapaest:
NOUNcommunicationanapaest, anapesta metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
English > anapaest: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
Synonymanapest
Broadermetrical foot, foot, metrical unit(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Spanishanapesto
Catalananapest
Adjectivesanapaestic(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one

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