octameter

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noun

A line of verse containing eight metrical feet

OriginEnglish meter ← Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ →
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Meanings

nounoctameter (plural octameters)

plural octameters

  1. A line of verse containing eight metrical feet

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  2. Proto-Hellenic*oktṓ
  3. Ancient Greekὀκτώ (oktṓ)
  4. Ancient Greekὀκτᾰ- (oktă-)
  5. Englishocta-
  6. Englishmeter
  7. Englishoctameter

From octa- + meter.

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Translations

Czech oktametr
  • oktametrA line of verse
Finnish oktametri, kahdeksanmittainen säe
  • oktametriA line of verse
  • kahdeksanmittainen säeA line of verse
French octosyllabe
  • octosyllabeA line of verse
Italian ottametro
  • ottametroA line of verse
Portuguese octâmetro
  • octâmetroA line of verse
Romanian octometru
  • octometruA line of verse

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

actometer
Cite this entry
APA

octameter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octameter

MLA

“octameter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octameter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octameter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octameter.

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