Amphibrach

Definition: Amphibrach

1. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').

Modern Translations: Amphibrach

Language		Translations for "amphibrach"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		амфибрахий. (various references)

Hebrew		מכריע (arbitrator, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, definitive, overwhelming, pivotal). (various references)

Pig Latin		amphibrachay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Specialty Definition: Amphibrach

An amphibrac is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables.

Amphibracs are never used to construct a whole, serious poem. So they mainly occur as variants within, say, an anapaestic structure.

Ancestral Language Translations: Amphibrach

Derivations & Misspellings: Amphibrach

Derivations
	Words beginning with "amphibrach": amphibrachic, amphibrachs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Amphibrach" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amphibrac. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Amphibrach"

Anagrams: Amphibrach

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-h-h-i-m-p-r"
	-3 letters: brachia, charpai, haircap.
	-4 letters: ambari, arabic, brahma, cambia, chimar, mihrab, pariah, picara, raphia.
	-5 letters: abaci, abamp, acari, baric, bimah, birch, brach, campi, carpi, chair, champ, charm, chimb, chimp, chirm, chirp, cramp, crimp, ihram, march, maria, mbira, micra, pacha, parch, praam, prima, rabic.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-h-h-i-m-p-r"
	+1 letter: amphibrachs.
	+2 letters: amphibrachic.
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