dactyl meaning in Tamil
விரல்
/ˈdæktɪl/
dactyl in Tamil: விரல், கால் விரல். In English, dactyl means a metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |.
Tamil words for dactyl
- விரல், கால் விரல்
English meaning of dactyl
- noun A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |.
- noun In qualitative metre, a foot with a stressed first syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
- noun In quantitative metre, a foot with a long first syllable followed by two short syllables.
- noun An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.
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Questions about dactyl in Tamil
- What is the meaning of dactyl in Tamil?
- Dactyl in Tamil is விரல், கால் விரல்.
- dactyl என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Dactyl: விரல், கால் விரல்.
- What does dactyl mean in English?
- Dactyl means a metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |.
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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: dactyl (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dactyl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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