metre
EnglishEdit
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PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”)
NounEdit
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 3947⁄127 (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.
- 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
Usage notesEdit
- This, rather than meter, is the spelling adopted by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for use in its publications, and is the official spelling worldwide except in US, where the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology chose to use meter in accordance with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual.
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TranslationsEdit
unit of length
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VerbEdit
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
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 mis-spelling.
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek See #Etymology 1
NounEdit
metre (plural metres) (Britain, Canada)
- The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
VerbEdit
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
- (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
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Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
metre m (plural metres)
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.
VerbEdit
metre (first-person singular present meto, past participle mes)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of metre (second conjugation, irregular past participle)
| infinitive | metre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | metent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | mes | — | |||||
| plural | — | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès |
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| 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 |
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| present | meti | metis | meti | metem | meteu | metin | |
| imperfect | metés | metessis | metés | metéssim | metéssiu | metessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| — | met | meti | metem | meteu | metin | ||
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Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.
VerbEdit
metre
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.
Conjugation of metre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | metre | avoir mis | |||||
| gerund | en metant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | met | — | metons | metez | — | ||
DescendantsEdit
- French: mettre
