metre
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
- Hyphenation: me‧tre
- Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.
Noun edit
metre (plural metres)
- The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39 47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
- 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, number 3:
- The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
- 1873 April, The Young Englishwoman:
- A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
- 1928 April 15, The Observer:
- The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
Usage notes edit
- The spelling metre is used by both the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the International Organization for Standardization in their English-language texts, and is used in all English-speaking countries other than the US. The spelling used in the US is meter—for instance, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology and the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual use meter.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
(Metric scale)
Descendants edit
- Tok Pisin: mita
- → Burmese: မီတာ (mita)
- → Chinese: 米突 (mǐtū, mǐtú)
- → Japanese: メーター (mētā)
- → Korean: 미터 (miteo) (South Korea), 메터 (meteo) (North Korea, China)
- → Maori: mita
- → Swahili: mita
- → Yoruba: mítà
Translations edit
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See also edit
References edit
“metre”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Further reading edit
Verb edit
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
Usage notes edit
The standard spelling of the verb meaning to measure is meter throughout the English-speaking world. The use of the spelling metre for this sense (outside music and poetry) is possibly a misspelling.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).
Noun edit
metre (countable and uncountable, plural metres)
Translations edit
Verb edit
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metre m (plural metres)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan metre, from Latin mittere. Compare Occitan metre, French mettre, Spanish meter.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
metre (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle mes); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive, archaic) to put, to place
- Synonym: posar
- (transitive, archaic) to set
Conjugation edit
infinitive | metre | ||||||
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gerund | metent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | mes | mesa | |||||
plural | mesos | meses | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | meto | mets | met | metem | meteu | meten | |
imperfect | metia | meties | metia | metíem | metíeu | metien | |
future | metré | metràs | metrà | metrem | metreu | metran | |
preterite | metí | meteres | meté | metérem | metéreu | meteren | |
conditional | metria | metries | metria | metríem | metríeu | metrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | meti | metis | meti | metem | meteu | metin | |
imperfect | metés | metessis | metés | metéssim | metéssiu | metessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | met | meti | metem | meteu | metin | |
negative (no) | — | no metis | no meti | no metem | no meteu | no metin |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “metre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “metre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “metre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “metre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Attested from the 12th century.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Verb edit
metre
- (transitive) to put, to place
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 376.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
metre
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | metre | avoir mis | |||||
gerund | en metant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | metant | ||||||
past participle | mis | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | met | mez | met | metons | metez | metent |
imperfect | metoie, meteie | metoies, meteies | metoit, meteit | metiiens, metiens | metiiez, metiez | metoient, meteient | |
preterite | mis | meṣis | mist | meṣimes | meṣistes | misdrent | |
future | metrai | metras | metra | metrons | metroiz, metreiz, metrez | metront | |
conditional | metroie, metreie | metroies, metreies | metroit, metreit | metriiens, metriens | metriiez, metriez | metroient, metreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | mete | metes | mete | metons | metez | metent |
imperfect | meṣisse | meṣisses | meṣist | meṣissons, meṣissiens | meṣissoiz, meṣissez, meṣissiez | meṣissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | met | — | metons | metez | — |
Descendants edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish متره (metre), from French mètre.