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masculine

/ˈmetɾo/

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Translation

metre; underground, metro, tube

Word origin

From Greek metron ('measure'), by way of French mètre. The same root gives English 'metre' and 'metric'.

Origin: Greek
Root: metron
English cognates: metre, metric, metronome

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralmetros

Examples

mide .

The room is four metres long.

Every day I go to work by underground.

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How many metres away is the nearest station?

Madrid .

The Madrid underground is very fast and clean.

We bought two metres of fabric for the curtains.

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This word is part of lesson 19.