"metrical foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metrical feet [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin pēs metricus. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|la|pēs metricus}} Calque of Latin pēs metricus Head templates: {{en-noun|metrical feet}} metrical foot (plural metrical feet)
  1. (prosody) The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse. Wikipedia link: metrical foot Categories (topical): Prosody Related terms: metric foot, amphibrach, anapest, dactyl, iamb, spondee, trochee Translations (basic unit of verse): peu [masculine] (Catalan), 韻腳 /韵脚 (wan⁶ goek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 韻腳 /韵脚 (yùnjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), versefod/versfod (versefødder/versfødder pl) [common-gender] (Danish), versvoet [masculine] (Dutch), verspiedo (Esperanto), värsijalg (Estonian), ørindisfótur [masculine] (Faroese), poljento (Finnish), runojalka (Finnish), pied [masculine] (French), [masculine] (Galician), Versfuß [masculine] (German), versláb (Hungarian), bragliður [masculine] (Icelandic), kveða [feminine] (Icelandic), troigh [feminine] (Irish), piede [masculine] (Italian), Versfaut [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern] (Low German), pid [masculine] (Norman), versefot [masculine] (Norwegian), وتد (vatad) (Persian), stopa [feminine] (Polish), [masculine] (Portuguese), стопа́ (stopá) [feminine] (Russian), fit (Scots), pie [masculine] (Spanish), versfot [common-gender] (Swedish), fot [common-gender] (Swedish)

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