metrical foot
English
Etymology
Calque of
Latin
pēs
metricus
.
Noun
metrical
foot
(
plural
metrical feet
)
(
prosody
)
The
basic
unit
of the underlying
rhythm
of
verse
.
Related terms
metric foot
Translations
basic unit of verse
Bulgarian:
стъпка
(bg)
f
(
stǎpka
)
Catalan:
peu
(ca)
m
Chinese:
Cantonese:
韻腳
/
韵脚
(
wan
6
goek
3
)
Mandarin:
韻腳
/
韵脚
(zh)
(
yùnjiǎo
)
Danish:
versefod
/
versfod
c
(
versefødder
/
versfødder
pl
)
Dutch:
versvoet
(nl)
m
Esperanto:
verspiedo
Estonian:
värsijalg
Faroese:
ørindisfótur
m
Finnish:
poljento
(fi)
,
runojalka
(fi)
French:
pied
(fr)
m
Galician:
pé
(gl)
m
German:
Versfuß
(de)
m
Hungarian:
versláb
(hu)
Icelandic:
bragliður
m
,
kveða
(is)
f
Irish:
troigh
f
Italian:
piede
(it)
m
Low German:
Versfaut
(
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
)
Norman:
pid
m
Norwegian:
versefot
m
Persian:
وتد
(fa)
(
vatad
)
Polish:
stopa
(pl)
f
Portuguese:
pé
(pt)
m
Russian:
стопа́
(ru)
f
(
stopá
)
Scots:
fit
Spanish:
pie
(es)
m
Swedish:
versfot
(sv)
c
,
fot
(sv)
c
See also
amphibrach
anapest
dactyl
iamb
spondee
trochee