dactyle

English

Noun

dactyle (plural dactyles)

Archaic form of dactyl.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dactylus. Doublet of datte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dak.til/
Audio (file)

Noun

dactyle m (plural dactyles)

dactyl (poetical foot of three syllables)
cocksfoot

Derived terms

dactylique

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

dactyle

vocative singular of dactylus

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