pentamètre
French, noun/pɛ̃.ta.mɛtʁ/
pentamètre is spelled P-E-N-T-A-M-È-T-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentamètre is a French masculine noun meaning “pentameter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vers de cinq pieds”.
What does pentamètre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepentameter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Il ne s’emploie que dans cette expression « vers pentamètre », sorte de vers composé de cinq pieds ou mesures, et qui s’accouple avec le vers hexamètre pour former un distique.
noun: 1. Vers de cinq 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 pentamètre
- pentamètres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentamètre?
- /pɛ̃.ta.mɛtʁ/
- \pɛ̃.ta.mɛtʁ\
- [pɛ̃.ta.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 pentamètre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pentamètre in French?
pentamètre appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).