iambique
French, adjective
iambique is a French adjective meaning “alternative form of ïambique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, ïambique is a different word: “iambic”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de ïambique”.
What does iambique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative form of ïambique
adjective
- 1
iambic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est composé d’ïambes.
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de ïambique.
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 iambique
- iambiques plural
- ïambiques plural
- iambique
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to iambique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iambique in French?
iambique appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).