feminine ending — 1. Pros. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable. 2. Gram. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin a is a feminine ending for the… … Useful english dictionary
feminine ending — 1. Pros. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable. 2. Gram. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin a is a feminine ending for the… … Universalium
feminine ending — /fɛmənən ˈɛndɪŋ/ (say femuhnuhn ending) noun 1. Prosody an ending in which a line closes with an extra unaccented syllable in addition to the normal accented syllable. 2. Grammar a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: ā in Latin …
feminine — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French feminin, from Latin femininus, from femina woman; akin to Old English delu nipple, Latin filius son, felix, fetus, & fecundus fruitful, felare to suck, Greek thēlē nipple Date: 14th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
feminine — [fem′ə nin] adj. [ME < OFr < L femininus < femina, woman] 1. female; of women or girls 2. having qualities regarded as characteristic of women and girls, as gentleness, weakness, delicacy, or modesty 3. suitable to or characteristic of a … English World dictionary
ending — n. 1) a happy; sad; surprise ending (to have a happy ending) 2) (grammar) a feminine; grammatical; inflectional; masculine; neuter ending * * * [ endɪŋ] grammatical inflectional masculine neuter ending sad surprise ending (to have a happy ending) … Combinatory dictionary
Masculine ending — is term used in prosody, the study of verse form. It refers to a line ending in a stressed syllable. Its opposite is feminine ending, which describes a line ending in a stressless syllable. For example, in the following couplet by Longfellow, the … Wikipedia
Light ending — may refer to:* Weak ending * Feminine ending … Wikipedia
feminineending — feminine ending n. 1. An extra unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse. 2. Grammar. A final syllable or termination that marks or forms words in the feminine gender. * * * … Universalium
HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
