"metrical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛtɹɪkl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-metrical.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-metrical.wav [US] Forms: more metrical [comparative], most metrical [superlative]
Etymology: From New Latin metricus + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|metricus|-al|lang1=NL.}} New Latin metricus + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} metrical (comparative more metrical, superlative most metrical)
  1. relating to poetic meter Translations (relating to poetic meter): մետրական (metrakan) (Armenian), մետրային (metrayin) (Armenian), runomitallinen (Finnish), métrique (French), metrisch (German), metricus (Latin), metresch (Luxembourgish), metryczny (Polish), métrico (Portuguese), метри́ческий (metríčeskij) (Russian), metrig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-metrical-en-adj-VrIHhE5b Disambiguation of 'relating to poetic meter': 97 3 0
  2. having a regular rhythm
    Sense id: en-metrical-en-adj-PuE0cmMs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 50 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 0 91 9
  3. of or pertaining to measurement
    Sense id: en-metrical-en-adj-P4KVLmUi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: metric

Alternative forms

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      "word": "մետրական"
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      "sense": "relating to poetic meter",
      "word": "métrico"
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      "word": "метри́ческий"
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