-metro
See also: Appendix:Variations of "metro"
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Suffix
-metro m
- -meter
Derived terms
Galician terms suffixed with -metro
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Suffix
-metro m
- -meter
Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -metro
Anagrams
- merto, morte, termo-, torme, tremo, tremò
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /me.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /me.tɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /mɨ.tɾu/
Suffix
-metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)
- -meter (forms the names of measuring devices)
Derived terms
Portuguese terms suffixed with -metro
References
- “-metro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “-metro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Suffix
-metro m (plural -metros)
- -meter
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -metro
Further reading
- “‒́metro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014