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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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mester
English
Noun
mester (plural mesters)
- Obsolete form of mister (employment, trade)
Anagrams
- Emerts, S meter, Tesmer, merest, meters, metres, restem, termes
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, m?ster, from Old Saxon m?star, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister.
Noun
mester c (singular definite mesteren, plural indefinite mestre)
- master
- champion
- guru
Inflection
Synonyms
- (master craftsman): håndværksmester c, læremester c
- (champion): champion c
- (guru): guru c, læremester c
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mester (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ministerium, perhaps through Old Occitan. Cognate with Portuguese mister and Spanish menester.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mes?t??]
Noun
mester m (plural mesteres)
- need
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 735:
- Et sabede que nõ ouuerõ mester ayos, ca todo aprendíã moy b? de seu, quanto lles cõv?jna.
- And you must know that they didn't need tutors, because all they learned very well by themselves, everything that suited them
- Et sabede que nõ ouuerõ mester ayos, ca todo aprendíã moy b? de seu, quanto lles cõv?jna.
- Synonym: necesidade
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 735:
- profession, trade, job
- Synonym: oficio
- mastery
- Synonym: mestría
Related terms
- mesteiral
- ministerio
References
- “mester” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “mester” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “mester” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “mester” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Hungarian
Etymology
[after 1372] Either via Old French maistre or Italian méster, from Latin magister (“teacher”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m??t?r]
- Hyphenation: mes?ter
- Rhymes: -?r
Noun
mester (plural mesterek)
- master
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Romanian: me?ter
References
Further reading
- mester in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch meester, from Middle Dutch mêester, from Old Dutch *m?ster, from Vulgar Latin *maester, from Latin magister. Doublet of magister and master.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?st?r]
- Hyphenation: més?ter
Noun
mester or méster
- (archaic) bachelor of laws.
- (archaic) teacher.
- Synonym: guru
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse meistari
Noun
mester m (definite singular mesteren, indefinite plural mestere or mestre or mestrer, definite plural mesterne or mestrene)
- a champion
- a master
- herre og mester - lord and master
Derived terms
Related terms
- mestre (verb)
See also
- meister (Nynorsk)
References
- “mester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?ster/, [?m??ster]
Noun
m?ster m
- Alternative form of m?ster
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 205
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese mister and Spanish menester and Kabuverdianu mesti.
Verb
mester
- must
- to need
- to have to
Portuguese
Adjective
mester (plural mester, comparable)
- Alternative form of mister
Noun
mester m (plural mesteres)
- Alternative form of mister
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