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Meaning of "extrametrical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTRAMETRICAL

extrametrical  [ˌɛkstrəˈmɛtrɪk əl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTRAMETRICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extrametrical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EXTRAMETRICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Extrametricality

In linguistics, extrametricality is a tool for prosodic analysis of words in a language. In certain languages, a particular segment or prosodic unit of a word may be ignored for the purposes of determining the stress structure of the word. For example, in a language like classical Latin, where polysyllabic words never have stress on their final syllables, and the position of stress in a word is determined by looking at the penultimate and antepenultimate syllables only, it simplifies the linguistic formulation of the stress-assignment rules of Latin to say that the final syllable of a polysyllabic word is invisible to rules which determine stress. Such invisibility is called "extrametricality" in linguistic terminology. This is purely a theoretical device — an extrametrical sound or syllable is not observed to have any special pronunciation, and extrametricality can only be determined by analyzing the prosodic patterns of the language as a whole. Most typically, extrametricality affects one specified segment or prosodic unit at the edge of a word.

Definition of extrametrical in the English dictionary

The definition of extrametrical in the dictionary is exceeding the number of syllables normally used in a given metre.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTRAMETRICAL


altimetrical
ˌæltɪˈmɛtrɪk əl
atmospherical
ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk əl
audiological
ˌɔːdɪəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
calendrical
kæˈlɛndrɪk əl
chronometrical
ˌkrɒnəˈmɛtrɪk əl
climacterical
ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk əl
cortical
ˈkɔːtɪk əl
cyclical
ˈsɪklɪk əl
cytological
ˌsaɪtəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
dermatological
ˌdɜːmətəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
dynamical
daɪˈnæmɪk əl
dynamoelectrical
ˌdaɪnəməʊɪˈlɛktrɪk əl
dynamometrical
ˌdaɪnəməʊˈmɛtrɪk əl
electrometrical
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmɛtrɪk əl
electrophysiological
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌfɪzɪəʊˈlɒdʒɪk əl
entomological
ˌɛntəməˈlɒdʒɪk əl
epidemiological
ˈɛpɪˌdi:mɪəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
ethnobotanical
ˌɛθnəʊbəˈtænɪk əl
ethnographical
ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk əl
extratropical
ˌɛkstrəˈtrɒpɪk əl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTRAMETRICAL

extrajudicially
extralegal
extralegally
extralimital
extralimitary
extralinguistic
extraliterary
extrality
extralogical
extramarital
extramundane
extramural
extramurally
extramusical
extraneity
extraneous
extraneously
extraneousness
extranet
extranuclear

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTRAMETRICAL

aspherical
asymmetrical
categorical
chemical
clerical
cylindrical
diametrical
electrical
empirical
geometrical
historical
hysterical
lyrical
metaphorical
numerical
rhetorical
satirical
spherical
symmetrical
theatrical
unsymmetrical

Synonyms and antonyms of extrametrical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «extrametrical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTRAMETRICAL

Find out the translation of extrametrical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of extrametrical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «extrametrical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

extrametrical
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extrametrical
570 millions of speakers

English

extrametrical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

extrametrical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

extrametrical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

extrametrical
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extramétrico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

extrametrical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extrametrical
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Extrametrical
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

extrametrical
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

extrametrical
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

extrametrical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Extrametrical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

extrametrical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

extrametrical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहुली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

extrametrical
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

extrametrical
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

extrametrical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

extrametrical
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extrametrical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

extrametrical
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

extrametrical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

extrametrical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

extrametrical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extrametrical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRAMETRICAL»

The term «extrametrical» is used very little and occupies the 155.701 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRAMETRICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about extrametrical

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTRAMETRICAL»

Discover the use of extrametrical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extrametrical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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W.H. Auden's Poetry: Mythos, Theory, and Practice
Here Auden accommodates the thirteen syllables into a pentameter containing either (a) an internal as well as a line-end extrametrical syllable or (b) a final extra- metrical syllable and synaloefa, as follows: (a) Thóse with/ their wán/der- yèars/ ...
R. Victoria Arana, 2009
2
Word Prosodic Systems in the Languages of Europe
There are exceptional forms that have to be lexically marked as having a final extrametrical syllable. French is exceptional in that all final syllables with a schwa are extrametrical. c: In the Romance languages (except French) stress may fall on ...
Harry van der Hulst, 1999
3
English Phonology
For Winnebago, he proposes that the first mora be marked extrametrical, i.e., invisible to the stress rule. The stress rule then constructs right dominant binary feet over the remaining moras. This correctly achieves primary stress on the third  ...
John Tillotson Jensen, 1993
4
The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic
extrametrical consonant in a peripheral foot does not deprive the foot of peripherality in its own right (Hayes 1995: 105–6). This is because the extrametrical consonant is contained within the peripheral foot and does not come between the foot ...
Janet C. E. Watson, 2007
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Milton's prosody
Also, it may not be always easy to determine whether such a syllable is truly extrametrical or not, because there may be all gradations, and even a doubt whether there is a pause intended. Nor does the existence of a grammatical pause ...
Robert Seymour Bridges, 1901
6
A Metrical Theory of Stress and Destressing in English and Dutch
How to avoid a derivation leading to *dgendal Since syllable extrametricality is marked in the lexicon, following an essentially free distribution, an extrametrical syllable in words of the type agenda cannot be excluded. For words ending in ...
René Kager, 1989
7
Milton's Prosody: An Examination of the Rules of the Blank ...
But if a line, which has in the middle of it an extrametrical syllable followed by a pause, pleases the ear, it is plain that this extrametrical syllable will have a way of coming in sometimes when it is not expected, and, in bad writers, where it is not ...
Robert Bridges, 1893
8
Issues in the Phonology and Morphology of the Major Iberian ...
The fact that the extrametrical elements must be peripheral restricts the power of this mechanism. Formulated in this way, however, the restriction is not enough. In principle, the elements that can be characterized as extrametrical are all the ...
Fernando Martínez-Gil, Alfonso Morales-Front, 1997
9
Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
Alliterative evidence suggests that extrametrical prefixes caused relatively little complexity before the second foot of Old Saxon Al verses: (23) uuTdost / (gi) uualdan54 (45a) [Sx/(x)Sx] (24) riki / (gi)uunnan55 (57b) [Sx/(x)Sx] (25) helpa / ( fan) ...
Geoffrey Russom, 1998
10
Aspects of Language Production
In (3a), the vowel in nation remains long since the final syllable is extrametrical and does not count for stress. In the adjective national, the final syllable is also extrametrical, but here the second syllable remains unstressed and the onset of this ...
Linda Wheeldon, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXTRAMETRICAL»

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Affairs, visas, prostitution and fetishes on Craigslist Korea
The Pew Research Center conducted a random sample survey of 809 Koreans over the age of 18 about the morality of extrametrical affairs and ... «The Korea Observer, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Extrametrical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/extrametrical>. Jun 2026 ».
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