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|wketx=An iamb (/ˈaɪæm/) or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in "above"). This terminology was adopted in the description of accentual-syllabic verse in English, where it refers to a foot comprising an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as in a-bove).
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|trtx=als: jambus; be_x_old: ямб; be: ямб; bg: ямб; ca: iambe; cs: jamb; cv: ямб; da: jambe; de: Jambus; el: [[ίαμβος]]; en: iamb; eo: jambo; es: yambo; et: jamb; eu: ianbo; ext: yambu; fi: jambi; fr: iambe; gan: 弱強格; gl: iambo; grc: [[ἴαμβος]]; hu: jambus; hy: յամբ; io: iambo; is: rísandi tvíliður; it: giambo; ja: アイアンブ; ka: იამბიკო; ky: ямб; la: iambus; lv: jambs; nl: jambe; nn: jambe; no: jambe; pl: jamb; pt: iambo; ro: iamb; ru: ямб; sh: jamb; sk: jamb; sl: jamb; sr: jamb; sv: jamb; uk: ямб; zh: 抑揚格
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