el
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.
¿ ?
How many metres away is the nearest station?
Madrid .
The Madrid underground is very fast and clean.
cortinas.
We bought two metres of fabric for the curtains.
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