tetrameter
te·tra·me·ternoun
tetrameter is a noun meaning “A line in a poem having four metrical feet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-T-R-A-M-E-T-E-R and has 4 syllables (te·tra·me·ter), and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tetrameter is tetrameters.
What does tetrameter mean?
noun
- 1
A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
- 2
A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tetrameter?
Tetrameter has 4 syllables, split te·tra·me·ter in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tetrameter
- tetrameters plural
- tetrametre
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tetrameter?
Tetrameter appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Tetrameter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a line in a poem having four metrical feet (poetry):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tétramètre |
| German | Tetrameter |
| Portuguese | tetrâmetro |
| Spanish | tetrámetro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tetrameter come from?
From tetra- + meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).