different between metro vs metho

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t?o?/

Etymology 1

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek ????? (m?t?r, “mother”) + ????? (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

Noun

metro (plural metros)

1. An underground railway.
2. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. An urban rapid transit light railway.
4. A train that runs on such a railway.

Synonyms

• (underground railway): subway, Tube (the London Underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

Derived terms

• metroisation

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of metropolitan.

Noun

metro (plural metros)

1. a metropolitan area

Adjective

metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

1. metropolitan

Anagrams

• Moret, Tomer, Tormé

Aragonese

Noun

metro m

1. metre

Catalan

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. metro (train)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

metro

1. metro, underground railway.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?tro/

Noun

metro n

1. metro, subway (underground railway)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro, from métropolitain in chemin de fer métropolitain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?.tro?/
• Hyphenation: me?tro

Noun

metro m (plural metro's, diminutive metrootje n)

1. An underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro.
2. An underground-railway train.

Derived terms

• metrobaan
• metrohalte
• metrokaart
• metrolijn
• metrospoor
• metrostation
• metrotunnel
• metrowagon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?metro/
• Rhymes: -etro

Noun

metro (accusative singular metron, plural metroj, accusative plural metrojn)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?metro/, [?me?t?ro?]
• Rhymes: -etro
• Syllabification: met?ro

Noun

metro

1. an underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro

   Synonym: maanalainen

Declension

Anagrams

• termo-

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?metro/

Noun

metro (plural metri)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.tro/
• Hyphenation: mè?tro

Etymology 1

From Latin metrum (“a measure”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron).

Noun

metro m (plural metri)

1. (unit of measure) metre, meter
2. ruler, ruler, measure
3. yardstick, criterion

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of metropolitana.

Noun

metro f (invariable)

1. subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)

   Synonym: metrò

Anagrams

• morte, torme, tremo, tremò

Latin

Noun

metr?

1. dative singular of metrum
2. ablative singular of metrum

Polish

Etymology

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain, from Ancient Greek ????? (m?t?r, “mother”) + ????? (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.tr?/

Noun

metro n

1. underground, subway, metro (underground railway)

Declension

Further reading

• metro in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• metro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m?.t?u/
• Hyphenation: me?tro

Etymology 1

From French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”).

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. metre (unit of measurement)

Derived terms

• metragem

Descendants

• ? Kadiwéu: meetilo

Etymology 2

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

Alternative forms

• metrô (Brazilian)

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. (Portugal) underground, subway

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mètr? m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. metro

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From French métro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?tr?/

Noun

metro n (genitive singular metra, nominative plural metrá, genitive plural metier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. metro

Declension

Further reading

• metro in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?met?o/, [?me.t??o]

Etymology 1

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”).

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. (units of measure) meter
2. (measuring instruments) measuring tape
3. (measuring instruments) ruler (measuring one meter long)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: metro

Etymology 2

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain, from Ancient Greek ????? (m?t?r, “mother”) + ????? (pólis, “city”).

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. (transport) metro

   Synonym: (Argentina) subte

Anagrams

• Moret, temor, termo, Torme, tremo

Further reading

• “metro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish metro.

Noun

metro

1. (units of measure) meter
2. (measuring instrument) meter

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

metro

1. metro (underground railway)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

From methylated spirits +? -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

metho (uncountable)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Methylated spirits.
   • 1985, Living Australia, photograph caption, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures, page 61,

     Ben Cropp, aided by his wife Lynn, tests the effectiveness of metho and vinegar against box jellyfish stings (above); see Ben?s foreword for details of the experiment.

   • 1988, Kate Jennings, Cold Water, Save Me, Joe Louis, reprinted 2010, Trouble: Evolution of a Radical, Selected Writings 1970-2010, page 78,

     We thought an alcoholic was a low life, someone on metho, or a benighted person who drank a bottle of gin before breakfast. Not us.

   • 1996, Curriculum Corporation (Australia), From Igloos to Yurts: Years 4-7, page 23,

     Assist students to design and construct models of hot-air balloons ranging from those using shopping bags and hair dryers, to those using tissue paper and metho burners, depending on the resources available.

Anagrams

• Thome, ethmo-

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???/

Verb

metho

1. (literary) third-person singular subjunctive of methu

Mutation