"moraic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From mora + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mora|ic}} mora + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} moraic (not comparable)
  1. (poetry, phonology) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a mora or morae (a unit of syllable weight in poetry and linguistics). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Phonology, Poetry Derived forms: bimoraic, dimoraic, monomoraic, moraically, nonmoraic, pentamoraic, quadrimoraic, submoraic, tetramoraic, trimoraic Translations (of, pertaining to, or consisting of morae): moraico (Portuguese)

Alternative forms

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