Meanings
Origin
- Ancient Greekσπονδεῖος“associated with a libation”
- Latinspondēus“spondee”
- Englishspondee
From Latin spondēus (“spondee”), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”) from σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”): spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations.
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Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος
- σπονδεῖος (spondeîos)word of two syllables
Catalan espondeu
- espondeuword of two syllables
Chinese Mandarin 揚揚格 /扬扬格
- 揚揚格 /扬扬格 (yángyánggé)word of two syllables
Danish spondæ
- spondæword of two syllables
Dutch spondee
- spondeeword of two syllables
Esperanto spondeo
- spondeoword of two syllables
Finnish spondee, kaksipitkä
- spondeeword of two syllables
- kaksipitkäword of two syllables
French spondée
- spondéeword of two syllables
German Spondeus
- Spondeusword of two syllables
Greek σπονδείος
- σπονδείος (spondeíos)word of two syllables
Hungarian spondeus
- spondeusword of two syllables
Irish spoindé
- spoindéword of two syllables
Japanese スポンデー, 長長格
- スポンデー (supondē)word of two syllables
- 長長格 (chōchōkaku)word of two syllables
Polish spondej
- spondejword of two syllables
Portuguese espondeu
- espondeuword of two syllables
Russian спонде́й
- спонде́й (spondéj)word of two syllables
Spanish espondeo
- espondeoword of two syllables
Swedish spondé
- spondéword of two syllables
Cite this entry
APA
spondee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spondee
MLA
“spondee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spondee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spondee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spondee.
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