anapest

• anapaest (UK)
• anapæst (archaic)

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/

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• Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest

anapest (plural anapests)

1. (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
2. (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.

• antidactylus

• anapaest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• patenas, peasant, Pestana, Patanes, taepans, Tapanes

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈpɛst]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.naˈpest]
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧pest

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)

1. (prosody) anapest (metrical foot)

• “anapest”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈanapɛst]
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: ana‧pest

anapest m inan

1. (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed
   • 1997, Jiří Fukač with Jiří Vysloužil and Petr Macek, Slovník české hudební kultury‎^[2], Praha: Editio Supraphon, →ISBN, page 742:

     K nejfrekventovanějším stopám patří trochej (¯ ˘), jamb (˘ ¯), daktyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amfibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) a spondej (¯ ¯).

     Trochee (¯ ˘), iamb (˘ ¯), dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amphibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) and spondee (¯ ¯) belong among the most frequented feet.

   • 2007, James Dickey, “Básník jde do sebe”, in Revolver revue‎^[3], volumes 67–68, page 125:

     Jakmile jsem si vytvořil tento vztah ke zvuku, jazyku a námětu, okamžitě jsem viděl – lépe řečeno, okamžitě jsem slyšel –, že anapest nemusí pokaždé skončit jako monotónní, ucouraná, vlezlá odrhovačka na způsob básní Edgara Allana Poea, Roberta Service, Kiplinga a dalších.

     I saw at once—or rather I heard at once—when I began to have this kind of relationship to sound, language and subject, that the anapest needn't result in the monotonous, slugging, obtrusive singsong that it has in the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Service, Kipling, and others.

• “anapest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “anapest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• Štěpána

• anapaest (dated)
• anapaestus (dated)

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.naːˈpɛst/

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• Hyphenation: ana‧pest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

anapest m (plural anapesten)

1. (prosody) anapest

• anapestisch

• “anapest” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Learned borrowing from Latin anapaestus,^[1] from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos).^[2] First attested in 1817.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /aˈna.pɛst/

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• Rhymes: -apɛst
• Syllabification: a‧na‧pest

anapest m inan

1. (prosody) anapest

   Synonym: antydaktyl

• anapest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anapest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 35

Borrowed from French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈpest/

anapest m (plural anapești)

1. (prosody) anapest

• “anapest”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

anapest m inan (Cyrillic spelling анапест)

1. anapest