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

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ]
  • Hyphenation: me‧tre
  • Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1Edit

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre). Doublet of metron.

NounEdit

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+47127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
    • 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
      The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
    • 1873, The Young Englishwoman, April
      A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
    • 1928, The Observer, April 15
      The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
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(Metric scale)

DescendantsEdit
  • 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
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit

metre”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Further readingEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. (Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of meter
Usage notesEdit

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 2Edit

From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek See #Etymology 1.

NounEdit

metre (plural metres) (Britain, Canada)

  1. The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French mètre.

NounEdit

metre m (plural metres)

  1. metre, meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Catalan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Compare Occitan metre, French mettre, Spanish meter.

VerbEdit

metre (first-person singular present meto, past participle mes)

  1. to put, to place
    Synonym: posar
  2. to set
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Further readingEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

VerbEdit

metre

  1. (transitive) to put, to place

ConjugationEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 376.

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

metre

  1. to put, to place

ConjugationEdit

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.

DescendantsEdit

TurkishEdit

 
metre

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

metre (definite accusative metreyi, plural metreler)

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