metical

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, weight). Doublet of mithqal

Pronunciation

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Noun

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metical (plural meticals or meticais)

  1. The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.
  2. Alternative form of mithqal (unit of weight)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, weight).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal

Noun

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metical m (plural meticais)

  1. metical (the currency of Mozambique)

References

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  1. ^ metical”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024