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metrical_foot

metrical foot

English

Noun

metrical foot ‎(plural metrical feet)

The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse

Related terms

metric foot

Translations

basic unit of verse

Catalan: peu (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 韻腳, 韵脚 ‎(wan⁶ goek³)

Mandarin: 韻腳 (zh), 韵脚 (zh) ‎(yùnjiǎo)
Danish: versefod/versfod c (versefødder/versfødder pl)
Dutch: versvoet m
Estonian: värsijalg
Faroese: ørindisfótur m
Finnish: poljento (fi), runojalka (fi)
French: pied (fr) m
German: Versfuß (de) m
Icelandic: bragliður m, kveða (is) f

Irish: troigh f
Italian: piede (it) m
Low German: Versfaut (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Norman: pid m
Persian: وتد (fa) ‎(vatad)
Polish: stopa (pl) f
Portuguese: pé (pt) m
Russian: стопа́ (ru) f ‎(stopá)
Scots: fit
Swedish: versfot (sv) c, fot (sv) c