different between observation vs metar

English

Etymology

From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observ?ti?(n-).Morphologically observe +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bz??ve??(?)n/
• (General American) enPR: ?b'z?r-v??sh?n, -v?sh?n, IPA^(key): /??bz??ve???n/, /-?ve??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ob?ser?va?tion

Noun

observation (countable and uncountable, plural observations)

1. The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
2. The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
3. A remark or comment.
   • 1734, Alexander Pope, Of the Knowledge and Characters of Men

     To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.

4. A judgement based on observing.
5. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.

6. A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.
7. Philosophically as: the phenomenal presence of human being existence.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• observation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin observ?ti?. Synchronically analysable as observer +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.s??.va.sj??/

Noun

observation f (plural observations)

1. observation

Further reading

• “observation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

observation (plural observationes)

1. observation (something that has been observed)
2. observation (act or process of observing)
3. observation (regime under which a subject is routinely observed)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• miater

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?.

Verb

metar

1. to put, place

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French mettre, Italian mettere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?tar/

Verb

metar (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, imperative metez)

1. (transitive) to put on, don (clothing, ornaments)

   Antonym: desmetar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• meto (“donning, dressing”)
• metebla (“wearable: which can be put on”)
• desmetar (“to take off (a garmet, etc.)”)
• shumetilo (“shoehorn”)

See also

• vestizar

Latin

Verb

metar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of met?

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

m?tar m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. meter (unit of length)
2. meter (device that measures)

Declension

Further reading

• “metar” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Verb

metar

1. present tense of meta.