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Welsh
Etymology
From French métrique, from New Latin metricus. By surface analysis, metr + -ig. The sense “pertaining to the metric system” may be borrowed immediately from English metric, of the same etymology.
Pronunciation
Adjective
metrig (feminine singular metrig, plural metrig, not comparable)
- metric (relating to the metric system)
- y system fetrig ― the metric system
- metrical (relating to poetic meter)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “metrig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies