Etymology

alexandrine

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Today it means: A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts. Full definition →

Middle French alexandrin
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alexandrine · noun1

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromalexandrin
  2. English todayalexandrine

From Middle French alexandrin. So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great (Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1177).

Alexandrine · adjective, noun2

  1. Latin · borrowed fromAlexandrīnus
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromalexandrin
  3. English todayAlexandrine

Partly from Middle French alexandrin and partly from Latin Alexandrīnus.

Alexandrine · adjective, noun3

From Alexander + -ine.

Alexandrine · noun4

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromalexandrin
  2. English todayAlexandrine

From Middle French alexandrin.

Alexandrine · proper noun5

  1. French · borrowed fromAlexandrine
  2. English todayAlexandrine

From French Alexandrine. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ine. Doublet of Alexandrina.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchalexandrin all →

Alexandrian

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