dactylique

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dactylicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δακτυλικός (daktulikós). By surface analysis, dactyle +‎ -ique.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dak.ti.lik/
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Adjective

dactylique (plural dactyliques)

(prosody, poetry) dactylic
Un hexamètre dactylique.
A dactylic hexameter.

Descendants

Romanian: dactilic

Further reading

“dactylique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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