hexamètre
French, noun/ɛɡ.za.mɛtʁ/
hexamètre is spelled H-E-X-A-M-È-T-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hexamètre is a French masculine noun meaning “hexameter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vers de six pieds”.
What does hexamètre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hexametric
noun
- 1
masculinehexameter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Long de six pieds.
noun: 1. Vers de six pieds.
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 hexamètre
- hexamètres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hexamètre?
- /ɛɡ.za.mɛtʁ/
- \ɛɡ.za.mɛtʁ\
- [ɛg.za.mɛtʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hexamètre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hexamètre in French?
hexamètre appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).