dactylique
French, adjective/dak.ti.lik/
dactylique is spelled D-A-C-T-Y-L-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dactylique is a French adjective meaning “dactylic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans la versification grecque et latine, qui a rapport au dactyle”.
What does dactylique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dactylic
hexamètre dactylique
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dans la versification grecque et latine, qui a rapport au dactyle.
noun: 1. Substantif : vers dactylique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dactylique
- dactyliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dactylique?
- /dak.ti.lik/
- \dak.ti.lik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dactylique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dactylique in French?
dactylique appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).