Noun: metrum
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | metrum |
| Pl. | metra; metrums |
Sample Sentences
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Het metrum van de klassieke epen is dactylische hexameter. (The metre of the classical epics is dactylic hexameter.)
Nouns inflected like metrum
antibioticum,
internetforum,
emporium,
mausoleum,
scrotum,
columbarium,
crematorium,
sanatorium,
geboortedatum,
territorium,
openluchtmuseum,
centrum,
observatorium,
auditorium,
fitnesscentrum,
bowlingcentrum,
gymnasium,
universum,
castellum,
laboratorium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Doublet of meter. See: Latin Nouns '
metrum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μέτρον'.
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