metre

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Alternative formsEdit

• meter

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtə(r)/

• Audio (US)

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Etymology 1Edit

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”)

NounEdit

metre (plural metres)

1. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (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.

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.

SynonymsEdit

• m

Derived termsEdit

• cubic metre
• metrology
• metric
• metre per second
• square metre

See alsoEdit

• Appendix on SI Units

External linksEdit

• SI prefixes
• International Bureau of Weights and Measures

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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

1. (UK, 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 mis-spelling.

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

metre (plural metres) (UK, Canada)

1. 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)

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

See alsoEdit

• metronome
• metric
• Wikipedia article: meter (poetry)

AnagramsEdit

• meter
• remet
• retem

Etymology 1Edit

From French mètre.

NounEdit

metre m (plural metres)

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

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

VerbEdit

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

1. to put, to place
2. to set

ConjugationEdit

SynonymsEdit

• posar

Related termsEdit

• missió

EtymologyEdit

Latin mittō.

VerbEdit

metre

1. to put, to place

DescendantsEdit

• French: mettre

metre

EtymologyEdit

From French mètre.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mɛtɾɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

metre

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