"metical" meaning in English

See metical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-metical.wav Forms: meticals [plural], meticais [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|metical}} Portuguese metical, {{der|en|ar|مِثْقَال||weight}} Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”), {{doublet|en|mithqal}} Doublet of mithqal, {{root|en|ar|ث ق ل}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|meticais}} metical (plural meticals or meticais)
  1. The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos. Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Mozambique
    Sense id: en-metical-en-noun-YGilyrj9 Disambiguation of Currencies: 73 27 Disambiguation of Mozambique: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mithqal (extra: unit of weight)
    Sense id: en-metical-en-noun-rBq32eSE

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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