metical

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌmɛtɪˈkɑːl/ === Noun === metical (plural meticals or meticais) The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos. Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”). === Anagrams === amletic, climate == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal === Noun === metical m (plural meticais) metical (the currency of Mozambique) === References === === Further reading === “metical”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “metical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026