metrum
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
metrum m
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin metrum (“measure”) via Dutch metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Doublet of meter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mètrum (first-person possessive metrumku, second-person possessive metrummu, third-person possessive metrumnya)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “metrum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.trum/, [ˈmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.trum/, [ˈmɛːt̪rum]
Noun edit
metrum n (genitive metrī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: metrum
- → Indonesian: metrum
- → French: mètre (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Metrum
- → Luxembourgish: Metrum
- → Old Irish: metar
- → Italian: metro
- → Polish: metrum
- Spanish: miedro
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Doublet of meter.
Noun edit
metrum n (definite singular metrumet or metret, indefinite plural metrumer or metra, definite plural metruma or metrumene or metraene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Doublet of meter.
Noun edit
metrum n (definite singular metrumet, indefinite plural metrum, definite plural metruma)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin metrum. Doublet of metr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metrum n
- (poetry) metre (rhythm or measure in verse)
- (music) metre (rhythm or measure in musical composition)
- tape measure (graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths)
- Synonyms: centymetr, centymetrówka, metr, metrówka