hemistich

English

Etymology

From French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) +‎ στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”).

Noun

hemistich (plural hemistichs or hemistiches)

1. An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect.
2. An unfinished line of verse.

Translations

approximate half-line of verse

• Arabic: مِصْرَاع (ar) m (miṣrāʕ)
• Azerbaijani: misra (az)
• Bulgarian: полустишие n (polustišie)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: puolisäe
• French: hémistiche (fr) m
• German: Halbvers (de) m
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: emistichio m
• Persian: مصرع (fa) (mesra')
• Spanish: hemistiquio m
• Swedish: halvvers c, hemistik c

unfinished line of verse

• Italian: emistichio m
• Spanish: hemistiquio m
• Swedish: halvvers c, hemistik c