tetrabrach

[ te-truh-brak ]
/ ˈtɛ trəˌbræk /

noun Classical Prosody.

a metrical foot or word of four short syllables.

Origin of tetrabrach

< Greek tetrábrachys having four short syllables. See tetra-, brachy-

Words nearby tetrabrach

teton range, tetr-, tetra, tetra-, tetrabasic, tetrabrach, tetrabranchiate, tetrabromofluorescein, tetracaine, tetracaine hydrochloride, tetracene

British Dictionary definitions for tetrabrach

tetrabrach
/ (ˈtɛtrəˌbræk) /

noun

(in classical prosody) a word or metrical foot composed of four short syllables (◡ ◡ ◡ ◡)

Word Origin for tetrabrach

C19: from Greek tetrabrakhus, from tetra- + brakhus short