tetrabrach
[ te-truh-brak ]
/ ˈtɛ trəˌbræk /
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noun Classical Prosody.
a metrical foot or word of four short syllables.
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Teton Range, Tétouan, tetr-, tetra, tetrabasic, tetrabrach, tetrabranchiate, tetrabromofluorescein, tetracaine, tetracaine hydrochloride, tetracene
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British Dictionary definitions for tetrabrach
tetrabrach
/ (ˈtɛtrəˌbræk) /
noun
(in classical prosody) a word or metrical foot composed of four short syllables (◡ ◡ ◡ ◡)
Word Origin for tetrabrach
C19: from Greek tetrabrakhus, from tetra- + brakhus short
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