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tribrach

[ trahy-brak, trib-rak ]

noun

  1. Prosody. a foot of three short syllables.


tribrach

1

/ ˈtrɪb-; ˈtraɪbræk /

noun

  1. prosody a metrical foot of three short syllables ( )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tribrach

2

/ ˈٰɪæ /

noun

  1. archaeol a three-armed object, esp a flint implement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰˈ󾱳, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰ·i adjective
  • ٰ·i· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tribrach1

< Latin tribrachys < Greek ٰí, equivalent to tri- tri- + ý short; brachy-
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tribrach1

C16: from Latin tribrachys , from Greek tribrakhus , from tri- + brakhus short

Origin of tribrach2

C19: from tri- + Greek ō arm
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Example Sentences

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Tribrach, u u u = nŏbŏdy, hastily pronounced.

From

Tribrach, a classical foot, ◡ ◡ ◡, 51.

From

Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡_◡, tribrach ◡◡◡, pyrrhic ◡◡, paeon _◡◡◡, choriamb _◡◡_.

From

Juno, meantime, whose feelings were less affected, did not kneel at all; but, like a tribrach, amused herself with chasing a hare which just then crossed one of the forest ridings.

From

Tribrach, 370, 2. tribus, decl.,

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