trimeter

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US/ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/US/ˈtɹaɪmɪtəɹ/UK/ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/UK/ˈtɹaɪmɪtə(ɹ)/

noun

A line in a poem having three metrical feet.

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Meanings

nountrimeter (plural trimeters)

plural trimeters · alternative trimetre

  1. A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
  2. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.

    All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 20

Origin

From tri- + meter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trimeter

delimiterlimitercalorimeterscimitardimeter
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Anagrams

remitter
Cite this entry
APA

trimeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimeter

MLA

“trimeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimeter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trimeter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimeter.

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