mètre
French
/maɛ̯tʁ/
noun
Definitions
- metre/meter
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin metrum (a measure) borrowed from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέτρον
Gloss
measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -meter English
- abrasiometer English
- anglemeter English
- attometre English
- bimeter English
- cent English
- cental English
- centi- English
- centimetre English
- cwt. English
- decameter English
- decametre English
- decimeter English
- decimetre English
- dosemeter English
- emmetropia English
- exametre English
- femtometer English
- femtometre English
- fluviometer English
- gigameter English
- gigametre English
- glossmeter English
- hectometre English
- heliometer English
- hematinometer English
- hendecameter English
- heptameter English
- hexameter English
- hypermeter English
- kilometre English
- megametre English
- meter English
- meter-kilogram-second English
- meter-tonne-second English
- meterage English
- meterful English
- metergram English
- meterless English
- meterman English
- metre English
- micrometer English
- micrometre English
- millimeter English
- mismeter English
- monometer English
- myometer English
- myriametre English
- nanometre English
- octameter English
- paymeter English
- petameter English
- photoheliometer English
- picometer English
- pressuremeter English
- rainmeter English
- ratiometer English
- rodmeter English
- smell-o-meter English
- somatometer English
- submeter English
- tenthmeter English
- terameter English
- terametre English
- teslameter English
- tetrameter English
- thrustmeter English
- torsionmeter English
- trimeter English
- trophometer English
- yoctometre English
- yottametre English
- zeptometre English
- zettametre English
- desimetri Finnish
- eksametri Finnish
- hyllymetri Finnish
- juoksumetri Finnish
- kaistametri Finnish
- kilometri Finnish
- kilopondimetri Finnish
- kuutiometri Finnish
- metreittäin Finnish
- metri Finnish
- metrijärjestelmä Finnish
- metrinen Finnish
- metristys Finnish
- metristyvä Finnish
- mikrometri Finnish
- millimetri Finnish
- neliömetri Finnish
- senttimetri Finnish
- centiceps Latin
- centiens Latin
- centies Latin
- centimanus Latin
- centipes Latin
- centum Latin
- centuplico Latin
- diametros Latin
- focus Latin
- metricus Latin
- metrum Latin
- milli Latin
- pes Latin
- Dezimeter German
- Hektometer German
- Höhenmeter German
- Meter German
- Mikrometer German
- Millimeter German
- Nanometer German
- Newtonmeter German
- Picometer German
- Urmeter German
- Zentimeter German
- meterdick German
- meterhoch German
- centi- Hungarian
- -metro Italian
- Elio Italian
- cento Italian
- metro Italian
- centimeter Dutch, Flemish
- decameter Dutch, Flemish
- hectometer Dutch, Flemish
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- centimètre French
- centimétrique French
- cytomètre French
- décamètre French
- décimètre French
- décimétrique French
- hectomètre French
- kilomètre French
- kilométrage French
- kilométrique French
- lysimètre French
- millimètre French
- millimétrique French
- monomètre French
- monométrique French
- métrage French
- métrer French
- métreur French
- nanomètre French
- nanométrique French
- oxymètre French
- picomètre French
- ériomètre French
- двухметровый Russian
- дециметр Russian
- метр Russian
- метрический Russian
- метровый Russian
- микрометр Russian
- миллиметр Russian
- нанометр Russian
- полметра Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- centímetro Spanish, Castilian
- cien Spanish, Castilian
- ciento Spanish, Castilian
- kilómetro Spanish, Castilian
- metro Spanish, Castilian
- micrómetro Spanish, Castilian
- milímetro Spanish, Castilian
- premetro Spanish, Castilian
- quilómetro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- χίλιοι Ancient Greek
- ἑξάμετρος Ancient Greek
- Ἥλιος Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- metrum Norwegian Bokmål
- -metro Portuguese
- centímetro Portuguese
- megâmetro Portuguese
- metragem Portuguese
- metro Portuguese
- milímetro Portuguese
- nanômetro Portuguese
- quilómetro Portuguese
- センチメートル Japanese
- ピコメートル Japanese
- メーター Japanese
- メートル Japanese
- メートル法 Japanese
- 平方メートル Japanese
- 立方メートル Japanese
- cent Polish
- centymetr Polish
- decymetr Polish
- manometr Polish
- metr Polish
- milimetr Polish
- nanometr Polish
- metrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- ceintiméadar Irish
- ciliméadar Irish
- micriméadar Irish
- méadar Irish
- méadarpháirceáil Irish
- méadrach Irish
- méadracht Irish
- centi- Danish
- *cęta Proto-Slavic
- metr Czech
- كيلومتر Arabic
- cent Old French
- cent Esperanto
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- Hèlios Catalan, Valencian
- cent Catalan, Valencian
- hectòmetre Catalan, Valencian
- kilòmetre Catalan, Valencian
- malmetre Catalan, Valencian
- metre Catalan, Valencian
- micròmetre Catalan, Valencian
- mil·límetre Catalan, Valencian
- nanòmetre Catalan, Valencian
- quilòmetre Catalan, Valencian
- desimetri Icelandic
- hektómetri Icelandic
- kílómetri Icelandic
- metri Icelandic
- millimetri Icelandic
- senti- Icelandic
- sentimetri Icelandic
- -metro Galician
- Zanfoga Galician
- entrefollo Galician
- santafollo Galician
- Հելիոս Armenian
- milimetru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- กิโลเมตร Thai
- มิเตอร์ Thai
- เมตร Thai
- Ήλιος Greek (modern)
- άμετρος Greek (modern)
- ανισόμετρος Greek (modern)
- μέτρο Greek (modern)
- χιλιοστόμετρο Greek (modern)
- metr Welsh
- cents Latvian
- metre Turkish
- milimetre Turkish
- nanometre Turkish
- santimetre Turkish
- కిలోమీటరు Telugu
- డెకామీటరు Telugu
- డెసీమీటరు Telugu
- నానోమీటరు Telugu
- మిల్లీమీటరు Telugu
- మీటరు Telugu
- మెగామీటరు Telugu
- మైక్రోమీటరు Telugu
- సెంటీమీటరు Telugu
- ceudameatair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- maide meatair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- meatair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- milimeatair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- metur Faroese
- senti- Faroese
- kilomètre Norman
- mét Vietnamese
- xăng-ti-mét Vietnamese
- metro Tagalog
- метър Bulgarian
- милиметър Bulgarian
- сантиметър Bulgarian
- မီတာ Burmese
- метр Kazakh
- qind Albanian
- cen Old Portuguese
- cento Old Portuguese
- 咪錶 Chinese
- 米突 Chinese
- tsendu Aromanian
- tsentu Aromanian
- mita Swahili
- cent Occitan
- 미터 Korean
- *kentom Proto-Italic
- cien Asturian
- cientu Asturian
- imitha Zulu
- ម៉ែត្រ Central Khmer
- cent Friulian
- centas Lithuanian
- sento Venetian
- zsento Venetian
- mita Tok Pisin
- çénto Ligurian
- ciant Dalmatian
- meter Mòcheno
- kilomèt Haitian, Haitian Creole
- مترو Moroccan Arabic
- millimetr Crimean Tatar
- chentu Sardinian
- sento Istriot
- centu Corsican
- cien Mirandese
- mitri Afar
- cinde Tarantino
- metró Copala Triqui