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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Doublet of meter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.trʏm/
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Noun

metrum n (plural metra or metrums, diminutive metrumpje n)

  1. (poetry) metre
    Het metrum van de klassieke epen is dactylische hexameter.The metre of the classical epics is dactylic hexameter.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: metrum

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

metrum m

  1. indefinite dative plural of metri

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin metrum (measure) via Dutch metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, measure). Doublet of meter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mèt‧rum

Noun

mètrum (plural metrum-metrum)

  1. (poetry) measure, metrical rhythm

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, measure).

Pronunciation

Noun

metrum n (genitive metrī); second declension

  1. a measure
  2. (New Latin) a meter (unit of measurement)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative metrum metra
genitive metrī metrōrum
dative metrō metrīs
accusative metrum metra
ablative metrō metrīs
vocative metrum metra

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • metrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "metrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • metrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, measure). Doublet of meter.

Noun

metrum n (definite singular metrumet or metret, indefinite plural metrumer or metra, definite plural metruma or metrumene or metraene)

  1. (poetry) a metre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, measure). Doublet of meter.

Noun

metrum n (definite singular metrumet, indefinite plural metrum, definite plural metruma)

  1. (poetry) a metre

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin metrum. Doublet of metr.

Pronunciation

Noun

metrum n

  1. (poetry) metre (rhythm or measure in verse)
  2. (music) metre (rhythm or measure in musical composition)
  3. tape measure (graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths)
    Synonyms: centymetr, centymetrówka, metr, metrówka

Declension

Further reading

  • metrum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • metrum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • metrum in PWN's encyclopedia