hémistiche
French, noun/e.mis.tiʃ/
hémistiche is spelled H-É-M-I-S-T-I-C-H-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hémistiche is a French masculine noun meaning “hemistich” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moitié d’un vers alexandrin”.
What does hémistiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehemistich
- 2
masculinecaesura
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moitié d’un vers alexandrin. 2. Césure. 3. Moitié d’une période dont le début et la fin sont bien délimitées.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hémistiche
- hémistiches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hémistiche?
- /e.mis.tiʃ/
- \e.mis.tiʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hémistiche in French?
hémistiche appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).