mensural

English

Etymology

From Latin mēnsūrālis, from mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ālis.

Adjective

mensural (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to measure or measurement.
2. (music) Having a fixed rhythm.

Derived terms

• mensural notation

Related terms

• mensuration

Translations

Having a fixed rhythm

• Afrikaans: mensuraal

References

• Noah Webster (1828) “mensural”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “mensural”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• numerals

Spanish

Adjective

mensural m or f (masculine and feminine plural mensurales)

1. mensural

Further reading

• “mensural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10