# anapest
## English
### Alternative forms

* anapaest (UK)
* anapæst (archaic)

### Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest

### Noun

anapest (plural anapests)
* (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
* (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
* (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.

#### Synonyms

* antidactylus

#### Derived terms

* anapestic
* anapestical

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “anapæst” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

### Further reading

* anapaest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* patenas, peasant, Pestana, Patanes, taepans, Tapanes

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈpɛst]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.naˈpest]
* Hyphenation: a‧na‧pest

### Noun

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)
* (prosody) anapest (metrical foot)

### Further reading

* “anapest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈanapɛst]
* Rhymes: -ɛst
* Hyphenation: ana‧pest

### Noun

anapest m inan
* (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed
** 1997, Jiří Fukač with Jiří Vysloužil and Petr Macek, Slovník české hudební kultury‎, Praha: Editio Supraphon, →ISBN, page 742:K nejfrekventovanějším stopám patří trochej (¯ ˘), jamb (˘ ¯), daktyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amfibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) a spondej (¯ ¯).Trochee (¯ ˘), iamb (˘ ¯), dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amphibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) and spondee (¯ ¯) belong among the most frequented feet.
** 2007, James Dickey, “Básník jde do sebe”, in Revolver revue‎, volumes 67–68, page 125:Jakmile jsem si vytvořil tento vztah ke zvuku, jazyku a námětu, okamžitě jsem viděl – lépe řečeno, okamžitě jsem slyšel –, že anapest nemusí pokaždé skončit jako monotónní, ucouraná, vlezlá odrhovačka na způsob básní Edgara Allana Poea, Roberta Service, Kiplinga a dalších.I saw at once—or rather I heard at once—when I began to have this kind of relationship to sound, language and subject, that the anapest needn't result in the monotonous, slugging, obtrusive singsong that it has in the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Service, Kipling, and others.

#### Derived terms

* anapestický

### Further reading

* “anapest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “anapest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

### Anagrams

* Štěpána

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* anapaest (dated)
* anapaestus (dated)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌaː.naːˈpɛst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ana‧pest
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Noun

anapest m (plural anapesten)
* (prosody) anapest

#### Derived terms

* anapestisch

### Further reading

* “anapest” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos). First attested in 1817.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈna.pɛst/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apɛst
* Syllabification: a‧na‧pest

### Noun

anapest m inan
* (prosody) anapest
    Synonym: antydaktyl

#### Derived terms

* anapestyczny

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “anapest”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “anapest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Pamiętnik warszawski, czyli dziennik nauk i umieiętności‎ (in Polish), numbers no. 2, 5, 1817, page 157

### Further reading

* anapest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anapest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 35

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.naˈpest/

### Noun

anapest m (plural anapești)
* (prosody) anapest

#### Derived terms

* anapestic

### Further reading

* anapest in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

anapest m (Cyrillic spelling анапест)
* anapest