See also: Meter, -meter, and méter

EnglishEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

  • metre (Commonwealth English for noun senses 2 and 3, rare for other senses)

EtymologyEdit

Senses 1.1, 2, and 3 were borrowed from French mètre and Latin metrum; see metre for more.

Sense 1.2 is a noun derived from mete, from Old English metan (to measure, mark off), possibly influencing the other meanings.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meter (plural meters)

  1. A device that measures things.
    1. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
      gas meter
    2. (dated) One who metes or measures.
      a labouring coal-meter
  2. (American spelling) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
    • 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7:
      Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
    Synonym: metre
  3. (American spelling) The overall rhythm of a song or poem; particularly, the number of beats in a measure or syllables in a line.
    1. (obsolete) A poem.
  4. (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

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VerbEdit

meter (third-person singular simple present meters, present participle metering, simple past and past participle metered)

  1. To measure with a metering device.
  2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
  3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

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AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

VerbEdit

meter

  1. to put

DanishEdit

 
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NounEdit

meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)

  1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From meten +‎ -er.

NounEdit

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

  1. measurer (person who measures something)
  2. meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French mètre.

NounEdit

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

  1. meter, metre (unit of distance)
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DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: meter
  • Aukan: meiti
  • Caribbean Javanese: mèter
  • Indonesian: meter
  • Papiamentu: meter

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matrīna.

NounEdit

meter f (plural meters, diminutive metertje n, masculine peter)

  1. godmother
    Synonyms: peettante, petemoei

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese meter, from Latin mittō, mittēre (to send, put), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (to exchange, remove).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metín, past participle metido)

  1. (transitive) to put
  2. (transitive) to insert
  3. (transitive) to bring in
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to meddle, interfere
  5. (transitive) to deliver
    Meteulle unha patada.He delivered him a kick.

ConjugationEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • meter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • meter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛ.tər]
  • Hyphenation: mè‧têr

Etymology 1Edit

Doublet of metrum.

NounEdit

mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)

  1. meter, a device that measures things.
  2. meter, metre, the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
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Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch meter, from Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matrīna.

NounEdit

mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)

  1. godmother.

Further readingEdit

KholosiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtrá).

NounEdit

meter ?

  1. urine

ReferencesEdit

  • Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[1], pages 13-36

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

VerbEdit

meter

  1. to put, place

ConjugationEdit

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

LadinoEdit

VerbEdit

meter

  1. to put

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

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mēter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mētor

MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Malaya) /ˈmitə/, (Indonesian) /ˈmɛtər/

NounEdit

meter (Jawi spelling ميتر‎, plural meter-meter, informal 1st possessive meterku, 2nd possessive metermu, 3rd possessive meternya)

  1. meter (all senses)

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MòchenoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mètre, from Latin metrum (a measure), from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

NounEdit

meter m (plural meter)

  1. meter (unit of measure)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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NounEdit

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterne)

  1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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NounEdit

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterane or metrane)

  1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese meter, from Latin mittere (to send, to put), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (to exchange, remove).

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧ter

VerbEdit

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite meti, past participle metido)

  1. (transitive) to put
  2. (transitive) to insert
  3. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere
  4. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, screw
  5. inflection of meter:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

ConjugationEdit

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:meter.

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SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meter m inan

  1. meter, metre (unit of length)

Further readingEdit

  • meter in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SloveneEdit

NounEdit

meter m

  1. meter, metre (unit of length)

Further readingEdit

  • meter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Spanish meter, from Latin mittō (to send), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mey-th₂- (to exchange, remove). Cognate with English mess (sense 2) and also mission, message. Compare also French mettre, Friulian meti, Portuguese meter, and Italian mettere. The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /meˈteɾ/ [meˈt̪eɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: me‧ter

VerbEdit

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle metido)

  1. to put in, insert
    Synonym: poner
  2. (sports) to score
    meter un golto score a goal
  3. to make (noise)
  4. to cram, to stuff, to stick, to shove
  5. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere, to get into
    ¡No te metas en lo que no te importa!
    Don't get involved in other people's business!/ Don't meddle in others' affairs!
    Synonyms: inmiscuirse, meter la nariz
  6. (reflexive) to get into (a small space)
  7. (reflexive) to get into, to get in
    meterse en problemasto get in trouble.
    Está tratando de meterse en tu cabeza.
    He's trying to get into your head.

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English meter.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meter c

  1. a metre; the SI-unit
  2. (music) Rhythm or measure in verse
  3. a meter; a device that measures things.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of meter 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative meter metern meter meterna
Genitive meters meterns meters meternas
Declension of meter 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative meter metern metrar metrarna
Genitive meters meterns metrars metrarnas

TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English meter.

NounEdit

meter

  1. meter

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