metronome

See also: Metronome and métronome

English

A metronome.

Etymology

Coined in English from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + νόμος (nómos, “regulation, law”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹəˌnoʊm/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹəˌnəʊm/
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Noun

metronome (plural metronomes)

(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.

Translations

a device used in music

Afrikaans: metronoom
Albanian: metronom
Arabic: مِيتْرُونُوم‎ m (mītrūnūm), مِسْرَع‎ f (misraʿ)
Armenian: մետրոնոմ (hy) (metronom)
Basque: metronomo
Belarusian: метраном m (mjetranóm)
Bulgarian: метроном m (metronom)
Catalan: metrònom (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節拍器／节拍器 (zh) (jiépāiqì), 拍子機／拍子机 (pāizijī), 拍節器／拍节器 (zh) (pāijiéqì)
Czech: metronom (cs) m
Danish: metronom c
Dutch: metronoom (nl) m
Esperanto: metronomo
Estonian: metronoom
Finnish: metronomi (fi), tahtimittari
French: métronome (fr) m
Galician: metrónomo m
Georgian: მეტრონომი (meṭronomi)
German: Metronom (de) n
Greek: μετρονόμος (el) m (metronómos)
Hebrew: מטרונום‎ (he) m (metronóm)
Hindi: तालमान m (tālmān)
Hungarian: ütemmérő, metronóm
Ido: metronomo (io)
Indonesian: metronom (id)
Irish: méadranóm m
Italian: metronomo (it) m
Japanese: メトロノーム (metoronōmu)
Korean: 메트로놈 (ko) (meteuronom)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: metronom (ku) f
Latvian: metronoms m
Lithuanian: metronomas m
Macedonian: метроном m (metronom)
Malay: metronom
Maori: inetaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: metronom m
Nynorsk: metronom m
Persian: مترونوم‎ (metronom)
Polish: metronom (pl) m
Portuguese: metrônomo (pt) m (Brazil), metrónomo m (Portugal)
Romanian: metronom (ro) m
Russian: метроно́м (ru) m (metronóm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: метроном m
Roman: metronom (sh) m
Sicilian: mitrònumu m
Slovak: metronóm m
Slovene: metronom m
Spanish: metrónomo m
Swedish: metronom (sv) c
Thai: เมโทรนอม (may-tho-ron-om)
Turkish: metronom (tr)
Ukrainian: метроно́м m (metronóm)
Vietnamese: máy nhịp

Anagrams

monometer, monotreme, nomotreme