metical
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metical (plural meticals or meticais)
- The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.
- Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal
Noun edit
metical m (plural meticais)
- metical (the currency of Mozambique)
References edit
- ^ “metical” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.