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métonique

French, adjective/me.tɔ.nik/

métonique is a French adjective meaning “Metonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En rapport avec Méton, astronome athénien du Vᵉ siècle avant Jésus-Christ”.

What does métonique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Metonic

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. En rapport avec Méton, astronome athénien du Vᵉ siècle avant Jésus-Christ 2. Relatif aux idées, aux travaux de Méton.

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 métonique

  • métoniques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce métonique?

  • /me.tɔ.nik/
  • \me.tɔ.nik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.