Meanings
nouniambic pentameter (countable and uncountable, plural iambic pentameters)
plural iambic pentameters
- countableuncountableA poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant.
Yet he didn't recommend Wilson, even though she has undertaken to capture the poem's aural grandeur by rendering it as iambic pentameter. (Nothing signals canonical like employing Shakespeare's favourite meter.)
2023 October 21, Kate Maltby, “Brute force”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 抑揚格五音步詩 /抑扬格五音步诗
- 抑揚格五音步詩 /抑扬格五音步诗 (yìyánggé wǔyīnbù shī)a poetic meter
Esperanto kvinjambo
- kvinjamboa poetic meter
Finnish jambinen pentametri
- jambinen pentametria poetic meter
French pentamètre iambique
- pentamètre iambiquea poetic meter
German jambischer Fünfheber
- jambischer Fünfhebera poetic meter
Italian pentametro giambico
- pentametro giambicoa poetic meter
Polish pentametr jambiczny
- pentametr jambicznya poetic meter
Portuguese pentâmetro iâmbico
- pentâmetro iâmbicoa poetic meter
Romanian pentametru iambic
- pentametru iambica poetic meter
Spanish pentámetro yámbico
- pentámetro yámbicoa poetic meter
Swedish jambisk pentameter
- jambisk pentametera poetic meter
Turkish beşli ölçü
- beşli ölçüa poetic meter
Cite this entry
APA
iambic pentameter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iambic%20pentameter
MLA
“iambic pentameter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iambic%20pentameter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iambic pentameter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iambic%20pentameter.
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