anapesto

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Noun

anapesto (accusative singular anapeston, plural anapestoj, accusative plural anapestojn)

1. (prosody) anapest (metrical foot)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back”, “reversed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈpɛ.sto/
• Rhymes: -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧pè‧sto

Noun

anapesto m (plural anapesti)

1. (prosody) anapest

Further reading

• anapesto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• saponate, senapato

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back”, “reversed”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpes.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpes.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpeʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpes.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐˈpeʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧na‧pes‧to

Noun

anapesto m (plural anapestos)

1. (prosody) anapest (metrical foot consisting of two short syllables and a long one)
2. (prosody) anapest (verse using this meter)

Further reading

• “anapesto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈpesto/ [a.naˈpes.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: a‧na‧pes‧to

Noun

anapesto m (plural anapestos)

1. (poetry) anapest (metrical foot)

Further reading

• “anapesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014