noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈmɛt.ɹəˌnoʊm/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɛt.ɹəˌnəʊm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pendulum
History
Etymology
Coined in English from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + νόμος (nómos, “regulation, law”).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
metronoom
— a device used in music
Albanian:
metronom
— a device used in music
Arabic:
مِيتْرُونُوم
(mītrūnūm)
— a device used in music
Arabic:
مِسْرَع
(misraʕ)
— a device used in music
Armenian:
մետրոնոմ
(metronom)
— a device used in music
Basque:
metronomo
— a device used in music
Belarusian:
метраном
(mjetranóm)
— a device used in music
Bulgarian:
метроном
(metronom)
— a device used in music
Catalan:
metrònom
— a device used in music
Chinese Mandarin:
節拍器 /节拍器
(jiépāiqì)
— a device used in music
Chinese Mandarin:
拍子機 /拍子机
(pāizijī)
— a device used in music
Chinese Mandarin:
拍節器 /拍节器
(pāijiéqì)
— a device used in music
Czech:
metronom
— a device used in music
Danish:
metronom
— a device used in music
Dutch:
metronoom
— a device used in music
Esperanto:
metronomo
— a device used in music
Estonian:
metronoom
— a device used in music
Finnish:
metronomi
— a device used in music
Finnish:
tahtimittari
— a device used in music
French:
métronome
— a device used in music
Galician:
metrónomo
— a device used in music
Georgian:
მეტრონომი
(meṭronomi)
— a device used in music
German:
Metronom
— a device used in music
Greek:
μετρονόμος
(metronómos)
— a device used in music
Hebrew:
מטרונום
(metronóm)
— a device used in music
Hindi:
तालमान
(tālmān)
— a device used in music
Hungarian:
ütemmérő
— a device used in music
Hungarian:
metronóm
— a device used in music
Ido:
metronomo
— a device used in music
Indonesian:
metronom
— a device used in music
Irish:
méadranóm
— a device used in music
Italian:
metronomo
— a device used in music
Japanese:
メトロノーム
(metoronōmu)
— a device used in music
Korean:
메트로놈
(meteuronom)
— a device used in music
Northern Kurdish:
metronom
— a device used in music
Latvian:
metronoms
— a device used in music
Lithuanian:
metronomas
— a device used in music
Macedonian:
метроном
(metronom)
— a device used in music
Malay:
metronom
— a device used in music
Māori:
inetaki
— a device used in music
Norwegian Bokmål:
metronom
— a device used in music
Norwegian Nynorsk:
metronom
— a device used in music
Persian:
مترونوم
(metronom)
— a device used in music
Polish:
metronom
— a device used in music
Portuguese:
metrônomo
— a device used in music
Portuguese:
metrónomo
— a device used in music
Romanian:
metronom
— a device used in music
Russian:
метроно́м
(metronóm)
— a device used in music
Serbo-Croatian:
метроном
— a device used in music
Serbo-Croatian:
metronom
— a device used in music
Sicilian:
mitrònumu
— a device used in music
Slovak:
metronóm
— a device used in music
Slovene:
metronom
— a device used in music
Spanish:
metrónomo
— a device used in music
Swedish:
metronom
— a device used in music
Thai:
เมโทรนอม
(may-tho-ron-om)
— a device used in music
Turkish:
metronom
— a device used in music
Ukrainian:
метроно́м
(metronóm)
— a device used in music
