metronome

See also: Metronome and métronome

English

a metronome

Coined in English from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + νόμος (nómos, “regulation, law”).

metronome (plural metronomes)

(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.

a device used in music

Afrikaans: metronoom
Albanian: metronom
Arabic: مِيتْرُونُوم‎ m (mītrūnūm), مِسْرَع‎ f (misraʿ)
Armenian: մետրոնոմ (hy) (metronom)
Basque: metronomo
Belarusian: метраном m (mjetranóm)
Bulgarian: метроном m (metronom)
Catalan: metrònom m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節拍器 (zh), 节拍器 (zh) (jiépāiqì), 拍子機, 拍子机 (pāizijī), 拍節器 (zh), 拍节器 (zh) (pāijiéqì)
Czech: metronom (cs) m
Danish: metronom c
Dutch: metronoom (nl) m
Esperanto: metronomo
Estonian: metronoom
Finnish: metronomi (fi), tahtimittari
French: métronome (fr) m
Galician: metrónomo m
Georgian: მეტრონომი (meṭronomi)
German: Metronom (de) n
Greek: μετρονόμος (el) m (metronómos)
Hebrew: מטרונום‎ (he) m (metronóm)
Hindi: तालमान m (tālmān)
Hungarian: ütemmérő, metronóm
Ido: metronomo (io)
Indonesian: metronom (id)
Irish: méadranóm m
Italian: metronomo (it) m

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