dactyl

See also: dactyl-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger”), three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæktɪɫ/

Noun

dactyl (plural dactyls)

A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Related terms

Translations

poetical foot of three syllables

Armenian: ստեղն (hy) (stełn)
Danish: daktyl c
Dutch: dactylus (nl) m
Esperanto: daktilo
Faroese: rættur tríliður m
Finnish: daktyyli (fi)
French: dactyle (fr) m
German: Daktylus (de) m
Greek: δάκτυλος (el) m (dáktylos)
Ancient: δάκτυλος m (dáktulos)

Irish: dachtal m
Italian: dattilo (it) m
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Latin: dactylus m
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Polish: daktyl (pl) m
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Russian: да́ктиль (ru) m (dáktilʹ)
Spanish: esdrújulo (es) m
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Swedish: daktyl (sv) c
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