dactylique

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dactylicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δακτυλικός (daktulikós). Synchronically analysable as dactyle +‎ -ique.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

dactylique (plural dactyliques)

(prosody, poetry) dactylic
Un hexamètre dactylique.

Further reading

“dactylique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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