Translation
underground, tube, metro
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Word origin
A shortening of chemin de fer métropolitain, the metropolitan railway. Métropolitain comes through Latin from Greek metropolis ('mother city'), from meter ('mother') and polis ('city').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- metropolis
- English cognates
- metropolis, metro
Grammar
Examples
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I take the tube every day.
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The trains stop running at midnight.
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There are two underground stations in the area.
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She ran to catch the last tube.
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The tube trains are packed in the morning.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 29, lesson 1: métro, honorer, fierté and 7 more words.