métropole
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mētropolis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
métropole f (plural métropoles)
- metropolis
- (Quebec, only with definite article) Montreal
- motherland, mother country in contrast to its colonies.
- (Europe, only with definite article) Continental France, not including its various oversea territories
- Synonym: France métropolitaine
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “métropole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.