metrum

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Doublet of meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.trʏm/

• Audio:

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Noun

metrum n (plural metra or metrums, diminutive metrumpje n)

1. (poetry) metre

   Het metrum van de klassieke epen is dactylische hexameter. ― The metre of the classical epics is dactylic hexameter.

Derived terms

• metrisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: metrum

Further reading

• metrum on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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 (plural metrum-metrum)

1. (poetry) measure, metrical rhythm

Related terms

• meter

Further reading

• “metrum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.trũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.trum]

Noun

metrum n (genitive metrī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: mietro, miero (archaic), metro (partly, latinized?)
  • Old Venetan: miero
    • Venetan: miero
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Old Friulian: miedri
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: meder
  • Piedmontese: meder
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Leonese: miedro
    • → Spanish: miedro

Borrowings:

• → Dutch: metrum
  • → Indonesian: metrum
• → French: mètre (see there for further descendants)
• → German: Metrum
• → Italian: metro (partly)
• → Luxembourgish: Metrum
• → Old Irish: metar (see there for further descendants)
• → Polish: metrum

Further reading

• “metrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "metrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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): /ˈmɛ.trum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtrum
• Syllabification: me‧trum

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