Metre

Alternative forms

 * meter

Etymology 1
From mètre:, from  μέτρον:

Noun

 * 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.
 * 2) * 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
 * The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
 * 1) * 1873, The Young Englishwoman, April
 * A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
 * 1) * 1928, The Observer, April 15
 * The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.

Synonyms

 * m

Derived terms

 * metrology
 * metric

Translations

 * Arabic: (mitr)
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Bengali: মিটার
 * Catalan: metre
 * Chinese: 米 (mǐ)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: metro
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: मीटर


 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: metro
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: メートル ㍍ (mētoru)
 * Korean: 미터 (miteo)
 * Latvian: metrs (as unit of distance)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: mét

Etymology 2
From, from metrum:, from  See

Noun

 * 1) The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

Verb

 * 1)  To put into metrical form.

Anagrams

 * meter
 * remet
 * retem

Etymology
From mètre:.

Noun

 * , meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)

Etymology
mitto:.

Verb

 * 1) to put, to place

Descendants

 * French:

Etymology
From mètre:.

Noun

 * , meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
 * 1) rule, folding rule

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