dactyl
English
/ˈdæktɪɫ/
noun
Definitions
- A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (finger, a finger, toes, fingers, date, a dactyl).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δάκτυλος
Gloss
finger, a finger, toes, fingers, date, a dactyl
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
指
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brachydactylic English
- dactylar English
- dactylic English
- dactylist English
- dactylo- English
- double English
- double dactyl English
- leptodactylous English
- macrodactylic English
- monodactyl English
- paradactyl English
- paradactylum English
- polydactyly English
- syndactyly English
- tetradactyl English
- tridactyl English
- zygodactylic English
- zygodactylous English
- -dactylus Latin
- dactylicus Latin
- dactylo- Latin
- dactylus Latin
- datalus Latin
- stenodactylus Latin
- dactyloscopie Dutch, Flemish
- δάκτυλος Ancient Greek
- πολυδάκτυλος Ancient Greek
- ἑρμοδάκτυλον Ancient Greek
- ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ancient Greek
- daddel Norwegian Bokmål
- daddel Norwegian Nynorsk
- دَقَل Arabic
- δάχτυλο Greek (modern)
- datel Middle High German
- dadele Middle Low German