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Meanings of metrical unit in English

Portuguese
pé
Catalan
peu
Spanish
pie

(Prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.

pé
Synonyms
Examples for "foot"
Examples for "foot"
1
Good friends, good food, and some really good southern heart-pickin', foot-stompin' music.
Hearts of grey
2
For example, left hand to blue crimp, right foot to green pinch.
Climbing Magazine
3
Background: Several methods of débridement of diabetic foot ulcers are currently used.
Pubmed
4
As a result, he almost never set foot in the senate house.
Julian
5
He set on foot many enterprises, some reaching far East, others West.
Ben-Hur
1
(Daktulos means, of course, both Dactyl (name of a metrical foot) and finger.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
Usage of metrical unit in English
1
Can one have metrical units of four syllables?
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
Translations for metrical unit
Portuguese
pé
Spanish
pie