meter

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • metre (for noun senses 3 through 5)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

meter (plural meters)

  1. (always meter) A device that measures things.
  2. A parking meter.
  3. (dated) One who metes or measures.
    a labouring coal-meter
  4. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
  5. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre) (music) an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
  6. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre, prosody) The rhythm pattern in a poem.

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Verb[edit]

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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Aragonese[edit]

Verb[edit]

meter

  1. to put

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈmetər/

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

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).

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

meter f (plural meters, diminutive metertje)

  1. godmother

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

mēter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mētor

Norwegian[edit]

Noun[edit]

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


Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin mittere

Verb[edit]

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

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


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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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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Usage notes[edit]

Indefinite form plural could also be metrar/metrars


Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

meter

  1. meter

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