metrum
Icelandic
Noun
metrum m
- 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): [ˈmɛt.rʊm]
- Hyphenation: mèt‧rum
Noun
mètrum (first-person possessive metrumku, second-person possessive metrummu, third-person possessive metrumnya)
- (poetry) measure, metrical rhythm.
Related terms
- meter
Further reading
- “metrum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.trum/, [ˈmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.trum/, [ˈmɛːt̪rum]
Noun
metrum n (genitive metrī); second declension
- a measure
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | metrum | metra |
| Genitive | metrī | metrōrum |
| Dative | metrō | metrīs |
| Accusative | metrum | metra |
| Ablative | metrō | metrīs |
| Vocative | metrum | metra |
Derived terms
- pancratium metrum
Descendants
- → Dutch: metrum
- → Indonesian: metrum
- → French: mètre (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Metrum
- → Luxembourgish: Metrum
- → Old Irish: metar
- Irish: meadar
- → English: mether, medar, meather, madder
- Irish: meadar
- → Italian: metro
- → Polish: metrum
- Spanish: miedro
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)
- (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)
- (poetry) a metre
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin metrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.rum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtrum
- Syllabification: met‧rum
Noun
metrum n
- (poetry) metre (rhythm or measure in verse)
- (music) metre (rhythm or measure in musical composition)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metrum | metra |
| genitive | metrum | metrów |
| dative | metrum | metrom |
| accusative | metrum | metra |
| instrumental | metrum | metrami |
| locative | metrum | metrach |
| vocative | metrum | metra |
Further reading
- metrum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- metrum in Polish dictionaries at PWN