mensural

English

Etymology

From Latin mēnsūrālis, from mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ālis.

Adjective

mensural (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to measure or measurement.
2. (music) Having a fixed rhythm.

Related terms

• mensuration

Translations

Having a fixed rhythm

• Afrikaans: mensuraal

References

• mensural in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “mensural”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• numerals

Spanish

Adjective

mensural m or f (masculine and feminine plural mensurales)

1. mensural

Further reading

• “mensural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014