metical
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
metical (plural meticals or meticais)
- The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.
- Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal
Noun
metical m (plural meticais)
- metical (the currency of Mozambique)
References
- ^ “metical”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024