meter

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[edit] English

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  • metre (for noun senses 3 to 5)

[edit] Etymology

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, measure)

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  • IPA: /ˈmiːtə(ɻ)/
  • (file)

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meter (plural meters)

  1. (always meter) A device that measures things.
  2. A parking meter.
  3. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
  4. (music) an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
  5. (prosody) The rhythm pattern in a poem.

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meter (third-person singular simple present meters, present participle metering, simple past and past participle metered)

  1. To measure with a metering device.
  2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter

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  • IPA: /ˈmetər/

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meter m. (plural meters, diminutive metertje)

  1. meter, metre (a distance of 100 centimeters. The base unit of the metric system).
  2. meter (a device that measures things).

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meter f. (plural meters, diminutive metertje)

  1. godmother

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mēter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mētor

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meter m.

  1. metre (unit of length)


This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at metre. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see meter in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009


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Latin mittere

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meter (present participle metendo)

  1. to put

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[edit] Etymology

Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō (I send, I put).

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meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle metido)

  1. to put, to insert
  2. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere

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meter c.

  1. a metre; the SI-unit
  2. (music) Rhythm or measure in verse
  3. a meter; a device that measures things.

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Indefinite form plural could also be metrar/metrars


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meter

  1. meter

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