metical

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

metical (plural meticals or meticais)

  1. The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.
  2. Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”).

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [me.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.tiˈkal/ [mɨ.tiˈkaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.tiˈka.li/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
  • Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal

Noun

metical m (plural meticais)

  1. metical (the currency of Mozambique)

References

  1. ^ “metical”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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