dactyle

daktil

Definition

Definition of dactyle - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

botanique

TECH.

plante à épis dont la forme évoque des doigts

TECH.

Le dactyle pousse souvent dans les prairies.

versification

Dated

pied métrique formé d'une syllabe longue suivie de deux brèves

Dated

Le mot « élégant » forme un dactyle en poésie.

zoologie

TECH.

mollusque bivalve qui creuse la roche calcaire

TECH.

Le dactyle perfore les rochers méditerranéens.

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plante à épis dont la forme évoque des doigts

Origin of dactyle

grec, dáktylos (doigt)

Terms with dactyle included in their meaning

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adonien

adj.

métrique

se dit d'un vers formé d'un dactyle suivi d'un spondée

adonien

prosodie

vers composé d'un dactyle suivi d'un spondée

adonique

adj.

vers

qui est composé d'un dactyle et d'un spondée en versification

dactylique

adj.

versification

qui concerne le dactyle en versification grecque et latine

Examples of dactyle in a sentence

On reconnaît le dactyle à ses épis digitiformes.
Ce vers commence par un dactyle suivi d'un spondée.
Le dactyle est fréquent dans la poésie latine.
Le dactyle est étudié par les biologistes marins.
On trouve le dactyle dans les fonds rocheux côtiers.

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English:orchard grass, dactyl, ...
German:Knaulgras, Daktylus, ...
Italian:dàttilo, dattilo, ...
Spanish:dáctilo, dátil de mar, ...
Portuguese:dáctilo, datilídeo, ...
Chinese:鸡爪草, 达克体, ...
Japanese:ダクチルス, ダクチル, ...
Arabic:دكتيل, وحدة دكتيلية, ...
Hebrew:דַּקְטִילִיס, דַּקְטִילוּס, ...
Russian:ежа, бурящий моллюск, ...
Ukrainian:дактиль, ...
Catalan:dàctil, dactil, ...
Danish:hundegræs, daktyl, ...
Dutch:kropaar, dactylus, ...
Greek:δακτυλίς, δακτυλικός, ...
Hungarian:csomós ebír, daktilus, ...
Khmer:ស្មៅដាក់ទីល, ដាក់ទីល, ...
Korean:다크틸리스, 강약약격, ...
Polish:dactyle, daktyl, ...
Portuguese (BR):dáctilo, pé dactílico, ...
Romanian:firuță, ...
Swedish:hundäxing, daktyl, ...
Thai:หญ้านิ้วมือ, ดักทิล, ...
Turkish:parmak otu, daktil, ...
Vietnamese:cỏ gà, chân thơ dactyl, ...

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Definition of dactyle - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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Origin of dactyle

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Terms with dactyle included in their meaning

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