alexandrin

alɛɡzɑ̃dʁɛ̃

Definition

Definition of alexandrin - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

poésie

Rare

vers de douze syllabes utilisé en poésie française

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Victor Hugo maîtrisait parfaitement l'alexandrin dans ses œuvres.

dodécasyllabe

Adjective

géographie

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qui concerne la ville d'Alexandrie

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La bibliothèque alexandrine était célèbre dans l'Antiquité.

versification

Rare

qui a douze syllabes et deux parties égales

Rare

Le vers alexandrin est très utilisé dans la poésie classique française.

dodécasyllabe

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Origin of alexandrin

français, Alexandre (nom propre) + -in (suffixe)

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hémistiche

versification

moitié d'un vers alexandrin séparée par une pause au milieu

Examples of alexandrin in a sentence

Les élèves ont appris à reconnaître un alexandrin en classe.
Le port alexandrin attire de nombreux touristes chaque année.
L’art alexandrin a influencé toute la Méditerranée.
Elle compose souvent des poèmes en vers alexandrins.
Ce passage utilise un rythme strictement alexandrin.
Le courant alexandrin a marqué la pensée religieuse.

Les textes alexandrins sont étudiés en histoire de la philosophie.
Le conseil alexandrin organise une réunion spéciale ce soir.
La culture alexandrine est célébrée chaque année en août.
Les débats alexandrins ont marqué l'histoire de la théologie.
La pensée alexandrine influence encore certains courants religieux.

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English:alexandrine, Alexandrian, ...
German:Alexandriner, alexandrinisch, ...
Italian:alessandrino, alexandrino, ...
Spanish:alejandrino, alexandrino, ...
Portuguese:alexandrino, relativo a Alexandria, ...
Chinese:亚历山大体, 亚历山大的, ...
Japanese:アレクサンドラン, アレクサンドリアの, ...
Arabic:بيت شعري من اثني عشر مقطعاً, إسكندري, ...
Hebrew:אַלֶכְּסַנְדְרִין, אַלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִי, ...
Russian:александрин, александрийский, ...
Ukrainian:александрійський вірш, александрійський, ...
Catalan:alexandrí, ...
Danish:aleksandriner, alexandrinsk, ...
Dutch:alexandrijn, Alexandrijns, ...
Greek:αλξανδρινός στίχος, αλεξανδρινός, ...
Hungarian:alexandrinus, alexandriai, ...
Khmer:វគ្គកំណាព្យបារាំងដែលមានដប់ពីរព្យាង្គ, នៃទីក្រុងអាឡិចសង់ដ្រី, ...
Korean:알렉상드랭, 알렉산드리아의, ...
Polish:aleksandryn, aleksandryjski, ...
Portuguese (BR):alexandrino, de Alexandria, ...
Romanian:vers alexandrin, din Alexandria, ...
Swedish:alexandrin, alexandrinsk, ...
Thai:กลอนอเล็กซองดริน, แห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย, ...
Turkish:aleksandren, İskenderiye'ye ait, ...
Vietnamese:thơ alexandrin, thuộc Alexandria, ...

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Definition of alexandrin - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

Origin of alexandrin

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