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metre

See also: métré, metré, mètre, -metre, and -mètre

English edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ]
  • 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)

  1. 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.
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Synonyms edit
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(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
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)

  1. (UK, rare) Alternative spelling of meter
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)

  1. (UK, Canada) The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
    Synonym: musical time
Translations edit

Verb edit

metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)

  1. (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
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Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French mètre.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

metre m (plural metres)

  1. metre/meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
  2. (poetry, music) metre/meter (the rhythm of a song or poem)
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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/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive, archaic) to put, to place
    Synonym: posar
  2. (transitive, archaic) to set
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of metre (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive metre
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
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Further reading edit

Franco-Provençal edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin mittere.

Verb edit

metre (ORB large)

  1. to put

References edit

  • mettre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • metre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Attested from the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

metre

  1. (transitive) to put, to place

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 376.

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mittere.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

metre

  1. to put, to place
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
      si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
      Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

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.

    Conjugation of metre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
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

 
metre

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish متره (metre), from French mètre.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

metre (definite accusative metreyi, plural metreler)

  1. metre, meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
  2. rule, folding rule
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