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cubit
English
Etymology
From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kju?.b?t/
- (US) enPR: kyo?o'b?t, IPA(key): /?kju.b?t/
- Rhymes: -u?b?t
- Homophone: qubit
Noun
cubit (plural cubits)
- (historical units of measure) Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm.
- Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- (anatomy) The ulna.
Usage notes
In English, most commonly encountered in biblical Hebrew measures based on the shorter of the two Egyptian cubits, although the term is also used broadly for other units between the length of a foot and a yard. These may be clarified with a preceding adjective: Greek cubit, Roman cubit, etc.
Synonyms
- (unit of length): ell (now properly a separate English unit); arshin, Russian cubit (Russian contexts); dira (modern Middle Eastern contexts)
- (bone): See ulna
Hyponyms
- royal cubit
Related terms
- cubitus
- qubit
Translations
Malay
Alternative forms
- ??????
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *-bit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-bit, from Proto-Austronesian *-bit.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /t??ubet/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /t??ub?t/
- Rhymes: -ubet, -bet, -et
Verb
cubit (Jawi spelling ?????, used in the form mencubit)
- to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
Middle English
Noun
cubit
- Alternative form of cubite
cubit From the web:
- = 45.72 centimeters
- what cubital tunnel syndrome
- what cubit means
meter
English
Alternative forms
- metre (Commonwealth English for noun senses 4 to 7, rare for other senses)
Etymology
Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”). Doublet of metron.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mit??/, [?mi??]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mi?t?/
- Rhymes: -i?t?(r)
Noun
meter (plural meters)
- (always meter) A device that measures things.
- (always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- gas meter (also falls under sense 1)
- (always meter) (dated) One who metes or measures.
- (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
- (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre) (music) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
- (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre, prosody) The rhythm pattern in a poem.
- (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
- (obsolete) A poem.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Robynson (More's Utopia) to this entry?)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
meter (third-person singular simple present meters, present participle metering, simple past and past participle metered)
- To measure with a metering device.
- To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
- To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
Translations
Anagrams
- -metre, -treme, Emert, metre, remet, retem
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?.
Verb
meter
- to put
Danish
Noun
meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)
- a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “meter” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?t?r/
- Hyphenation: me?ter
- Rhymes: -e?t?r
Etymology 1
From meten +? -er.
Noun
meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)
- measurer (person who measures something)
- meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French mètre.
Noun
meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)
- meter, metre (unit of distance)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: meter
- ? Indonesian: meter
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matr?na.
Noun
meter f (plural meters, diminutive metertje n, masculine peter)
- godmother
- Synonyms: peettante, petemoei
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mitt?, mitt?re (“to send, put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth?-, *mith?- (“to exchange, remove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?te?/
Verb
meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metín, past participle metido)
- (transitive) to put
- (transitive) to insert
- (transitive) to bring in
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to meddle, interfere
- (transitive) to deliver
Conjugation
References
- “meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “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.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?.t?r]
- Hyphenation: mè?têr
Etymology 1
- From Dutch meter, meten, from Middle Dutch m?ten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan?, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
- From Dutch meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to measure”).
Doublet of metrum.
Noun
mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)
- meter, a device that measures things.
- meter, metre, the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch meter, from Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matr?na.
Noun
mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)
- godmother.
Further reading
- “meter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Kholosi
Etymology
From Sanskrit ????? (m?trá).
Noun
meter ?
- urine
References
- 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
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?.
Verb
meter
- to put, place
Conjugation
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?me?.ter/, [?me?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?me.ter/, [?m??t??r]
Verb
m?ter
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of m?tor
Mòcheno
Etymology
From French mètre, from Latin metrum (“a measure”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron).
Noun
meter m (plural meter)
- meter (unit of measure)
References
- “meter” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterne)
- a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterane or metrane)
- a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- metter (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt? (“I send, I put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth?-, *mith?- (“to exchange, remove”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.te(?)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /m??te?/
- Hyphenation: me?ter
Verb
meter (first-person singular present indicative meto, past participle metido)
- (transitive) to put
- (transitive) to insert
- (reflexive) to meddle, interfere
- (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, screw
- first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of meter
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of meter
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of meter
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of meter
Conjugation
Related terms
- cometer
- prometer
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meter.
Further reading
- “meter” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “meter” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “meter” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
- “meter” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “meter” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?meter]
Noun
meter m
- meter, metre (unit of length)
Further reading
- meter in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Slovene
Noun
meter m
- meter, metre (unit of length)
Further reading
- “meter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish meter, from Latin mitt? (“to send, to put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mey-th?- (“to exchange, remove”). Cognate with English mess.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?te?/, [me?t?e?]
Verb
meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle metido)
- to put in, insert
- (sports) to score
- to make (noise)
- to cram, to stuff, to stick, to shove
- (reflexive) to meddle, interfere, to get into
- Synonyms: inmiscuirse, meter la nariz
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?t?r/
Noun
meter c
- a metre; the SI-unit
- (music) Rhythm or measure in verse
- a meter; a device that measures things.
Usage notes
Indefinite form plural could also be metrar/metrars
Declension
Tatar
Noun
meter
- meter
Declension
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