dactyle
English
Noun
dactyle (plural dactyles)
- Archaic form of dactyl.
Anagrams
- decatyl
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dactylus. Doublet of datte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dak.til/
Audio (file)
Noun
dactyle m (plural dactyles)
- dactyl (poetical foot of three syllables)
- cocksfoot
Derived terms
- dactylique
- hespérie du dactyle
Further reading
- “dactyle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
dactyle
- vocative singular of dactylus