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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 1

Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- +? way.

Alternative forms

• under way

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd?(?)?we?/

Adverb

underway (comparative more underway, superlative most underway)

1. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.

Translations

Etymology 2

under +? way

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?(?)we?/

Noun

underway (plural underways)

1. A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass.
2. An underground passage, subway, tunnel.
3. A voyage, especially underwater.

Translations