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metre
English
Alternative forms
- meter
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mi?t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mi?t??/, [?mi???]
- Hyphenation: me?tre
- Rhymes: -i?t?(r)
Etymology 1
From French mètre, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of metron.
Noun
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 39
- 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.
47?127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches. - 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
Usage notes
- This, rather than meter, is the spelling adopted by both the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the International Organization for Standardization in their English language texts. However the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, in accordance with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual, has chosen to use meter.
Synonyms
- m
Derived terms
(Metric scale)
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: mita
- ? Burmese: ???? (mita)
- ? Chinese: ?? (m?t?, m?tú)
- ? Japanese: ???? (m?t?)
- ? Korean: ?? (miteo) (South Korea), ?? (meteo) (North Korea, China)
- ? Maori: mita
- ? Swahili: mita
Translations
See also
- Appendix on SI Units
References
“metre” in the Collins English Dictionary
Further reading
- SI prefixes
- International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Verb
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
- (Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of meter
Usage notes
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 a misspelling.
Etymology 2
From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek See #Etymology 1
Noun
metre (plural metres) (Britain, Canada)
- The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
Translations
Verb
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
- (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
See also
- metronome
- metric
- Wikipedia article: metre (poetry)
Anagrams
- -meter, -treme, Emert, meter, remet, retem
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?m?.t??/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?m?.t??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?me.t?e/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French mètre.
Noun
metre m (plural metres)
- metre, meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?. Compare Occitan metre, French mettre, Spanish meter.
Verb
metre (first-person singular present meto, past participle mes)
- to put, to place
- Synonym: posar
- to set
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “metre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “metre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “metre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “metre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?. Attested from the 12th century.
Pronunciation
Verb
metre
- (transitive) to put, to place
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- mesa
References
Old French
Etymology
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?.
Verb
metre
- to put, to place
Conjugation
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.
Descendants
- Middle French: mettre, mectre, metre
- French: mettre
- Norman: maette (Guernsey), mettre (Jersey)
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French mètre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?t??/
Noun
metre (definite accusative metreyi, plural metreler)
- metre, meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
- rule, folding rule
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meare
English
Noun
meare (plural meares)
- Obsolete form of mere. [14th-18th c.]
- Obsolete form of mare. [14th-16th c.]
Adjective
meare
- Obsolete form of mere. [16th-17th c.]
Anagrams
- Ameer, ameer, ramee, reame
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin me?re, present infinitive of me? (“I go along”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?a.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: meà?re
Verb
meàre (first-person singular present mèo, first-person singular past historic meài, past participle meàto, auxiliary essere)
- (intransitive, poetic, obsolete) to filter through
- Synonym: trapelare
Conjugation
References
- meare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
me?re
- present active infinitive of me?
- second-person singular present passive imperative of me?
- second-person singular present passive indicative of me?
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæ???.re/
Noun
m?are
- dative singular of mearh
Spanish
Verb
meare
- First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of mear.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of mear.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) future subjunctive form of mear.
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