decametre
English
/ˈdɛkəmiːtə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- (prosody) A line in a poem having ten metrical feet.
- (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet.
Etymology
Borrowed from French décamètre affix from English metre.
Origin
English
metre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attometre English
- decameter English
- decimetre English
- exametre English
- femtometre English
- gigametre English
- hectometre English
- megametre English
- metre English
- micrometre English
- myriametre English
- nanometre English
- terametre English
- yoctometre English
- yottametre English
- zeptometre English
- zettametre English
- decameter Dutch, Flemish
- décamètre French
- mètre French
- metr Welsh
- မီတာ Burmese
- 米突 Chinese
- mita Swahili
- imitha Zulu