Translation
metre
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Word origin
From French metre, coined during the French Revolution for the new unit of length, from Greek metron ('a measure'). The same root gives English metre, metric and every -meter instrument.
- Origin
- French, from Greek
- Root
- metron
- English cognates
- metre, metric, thermometer
Examples
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The table is two metres long.
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He stood only three metres from the door.
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The water there is four metres deep.
is the unit of length only. An underground railway is a metroo, with its own final O on top of the borrowed word, so Parizo has a metroo and a platform edge measured in . Measurements take the accusative: .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 10: metro, bani, emocio and 7 more words.