neuter

mʲɪˈtro

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Translation

underground; metro, subway

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Word origin

Borrowed from French metro, a shortening of metropolitain ("metropolitan railway").

Origin
French
Root
metro(politain)
English cognates
metro, metropolitan

Grammar

Genderneuter

Examples

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We usually go to work by metro.

Ближа́йшая .

The nearest metro station is around the corner.

по́здним .

It was very quiet in the metro late in the evening.

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