Dictionary

metronomic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English metronome Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metronomic From metronome + -ic.

Meanings

1. Regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome.
   • Accross^([sic]) the shingle, the metronomic fall of waves overlapped with the call of doves. 2021, Sarah Winman, Still Life, page 214:

Forms

Deriveds

metronomicity · metronomically

Translations (7)

pt metronômico (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome) · ca metronòmic (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome) · ro metronomic (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome) · pt metronómico (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome) · it metronomico (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome) · es metronómico (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome) · fr métronomique (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome)