metical

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

metical (plural meticals or meticais)

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

Anagrams

• amletic, climate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [me.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tiˈkal/ [mɨ.tiˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tiˈkal/ [mɨ.tiˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tiˈka.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal

Noun

metical m (plural meticais)

1. metical (the currency of Mozambique)

Further reading

• “metical”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “metical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026