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单词 metre
释义

metre

See also: métré, metré, mètre, -metre, and -mètre

English

Alternative forms

  • meter

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ]
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧tre
  • Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of metron.

Noun

metre (plural metres)

  1. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
    • 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
      The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
    • 1873, The Young Englishwoman, April
      A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
    • 1928, The Observer, April 15
      The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
Usage notes
  • This is the spelling adopted by both the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the International Organization for Standardization in their English language texts, and is used in all English-speaking countries other than the US. However, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, in accordance with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual, has chosen to use meter, and so is the spelling used in the US.
Synonyms
  • m
Derived terms
  • cubic metre
  • linear metre
  • metre gauge
  • metre per second
  • metric
  • metrication
  • metrology
  • square metre

(Metric scale)

  • centimetre
  • decametre
  • decimetre
  • hectometre
  • kilometre
  • millimetre
Descendants
  • Tok Pisin: mita
  • → Burmese: မီတာ (mita)
  • → Chinese: 米突 (mǐtū, mǐtú)
  • → Japanese: メーター (mētā)
  • → Korean: 미터 (miteo) (South Korea), 메터 (meteo) (North Korea, China)
  • → Maori: mita
  • → Swahili: mita
  • → Yoruba: mítà
Translations
See also
  • Appendix on SI Units
References

“metre”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Further reading
  • SI prefixes
  • International Bureau of Weights and Measures

Verb

metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)

  1. (Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of meter
Usage notes

The standard spelling of the verb meaning to measure is meter throughout the English-speaking world. The use of the spelling metre for this sense (outside music and poetry) is possibly a misspelling.

Etymology 2

From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek See #Etymology 1.

Noun

metre (plural metres) (Britain, Canada)

  1. The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
Translations

Verb

metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)

  1. (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
See also
  • metronome
  • metric
  • Wikipedia article: metre (poetry)

Anagrams

  • -meter, -treme, Emert, meter, remet, retem

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈmə.tɾə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈme.tɾe/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mètre.

Noun

metre m (plural metres)

  1. metre, meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
Derived terms
  • metratge

Etymology 2

From Old Catalan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Compare Occitan metre, French mettre, Spanish meter.

Verb

metre (first-person singular present meto, past participle mes)

  1. to put, to place
    Synonym: posar
  2. to set
Conjugation
Conjugation of metre (second conjugation, irregular past participle)
infinitivemetre
present participlemetent
past participlemasculinefeminine
singularmesmesa
pluralmesosmeses
personsingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicativejotuell/ella
vostè		nosaltres
nós		vosaltres
vós		ells/elles
vostès
presentmetometsmetmetemmeteumeten
imperfectmetiametiesmetiametíemmetíeumetien
futuremetrémetràsmetràmetremmetreumetran
preteritemetímeteresmetémetéremmetéreumeteren
conditionalmetriametriesmetriametríemmetríeumetrien
subjunctivejotuell/ella
vostè		nosaltres
nós		vosaltres
vós		ells/elles
vostès
presentmetimetismetimetemmeteumetin
imperfectmetésmetessismetésmetéssimmetéssiumetessin
imperative—tuvostènosaltresvosaltres
vós		vostès
—metmetimetemmeteumetin
  • cometre
  • malmetre
  • missatge
  • missió
  • prometre

Further reading

  • “metre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “metre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
  • “metre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “metre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Attested from the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Béarn)(file)

Verb

metre

  1. (transitive) to put, to place

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • mesa

References

  1. Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 376.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.trə/

Verb

metre

  1. to put, to place

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of metre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simplecompound
infinitivemetreavoir mis
gerunden metantUse the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participlemetant
past participlemis
personsingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicativejotuilnosvosil
simple
tenses		presentmetmezmetmetonsmetezmetent
imperfectmetoie, meteiemetoies, meteiesmetoit, meteitmetiiens, metiensmetiiez, metiezmetoient, meteient
preteritemismeṣismistmeṣimesmeṣistesmisdrent
futuremetraimetrasmetrametronsmetroiz, metreiz, metrezmetront
conditionalmetroie, metreiemetroies, metreiesmetroit, metreitmetriiens, metriensmetriiez, metriezmetroient, metreient
compound
tenses		present perfectUse the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfectUse the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anteriorUse the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfectUse the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfectUse the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctiveque joque tuqu’ilque nosque vosqu’il
simple
tenses		presentmetemetesmetemetonsmetezmetent
imperfectmeṣissemeṣissesmeṣistmeṣissons, meṣissiensmeṣissoiz, meṣissez, meṣissiezmeṣissent
compound
tenses		pastUse the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfectUse the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative–tu–nosvos–
—met—metonsmetez—

Descendants

  • Middle French: mettre, mectre, metre
    • French: mettre
  • Norman: maette (Guernsey), mettre (Jersey)

Turkish

metre

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متره‎ (metre), from French mètre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɾe/

Noun

metre (definite accusative metreyi, plural metreler)

  1. metre, meter (unit of measure, 100 cm)
  2. rule, folding rule
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