anapest (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *anapest*:
NOUN	communication	anapest, anapaest	a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

English > *anapest*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
Synonym	anapaest
Broader	metrical foot, foot, metrical unit	(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Spanish	anapesto
Catalan	anapest
Adjectives	anapestic	(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one

HyperDic: anapest