trimètre
French, noun\tʁi.mɛtʁ\
trimètre is spelled T-R-I-M-È-T-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trimètre is a French masculine noun meaning “trimeter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vers ïambique de six pieds qui était particulièrement employé dans la tragédie et qui se déclamait en trois…”.
What does trimètre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrimeter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vers ïambique de six pieds qui était particulièrement employé dans la tragédie et qui se déclamait en trois mesures de deux pieds chacune.
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 trimètre
- trimètres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trimètre?
- \tʁi.mɛtʁ\
- [tʁi.mɛtʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trimètre in French?
trimètre appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).