metrum

Icelandic

Noun

metrum m

1. 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)

1. (poetry) measure, metrical rhythm.

Related terms

• meter

 

Further reading

• “metrum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.trum/, [ˈmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.trum/, [ˈmɛːt̪rum]

Noun

metrum n (genitive metrī); second declension

1. a measure
2. (New Latin) a meter (unit of measurement)

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
• → 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)

1. (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)

1. (poetry) a metre

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin metrum. Doublet of metr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.rum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtrum
• Syllabification: met‧rum

Noun

metrum n

1. (poetry) metre (rhythm or measure in verse)
2. (music) metre (rhythm or measure in musical composition)
3. tape measure (graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths)

   Synonyms: centymetr, centymetrówka, metr, metrówka

Declension

Declension of metrum

	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
• metrum in PWN's encyclopedia