metre
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Etymology 1[edit]
From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”)
Noun[edit]
metre (plural metres)
- The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to 3947⁄127 (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.
- 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
Usage notes[edit]
- This, rather than meter, is the spelling adopted by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for use in its publications, and is the official spelling worldwide except in US, where the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology chose to use meter in accordance with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual.
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Verb[edit]
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
Usage notes[edit]
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 mis-spelling.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek See #Etymology 1
Noun[edit]
metre (plural metres) (UK, Canada)
- The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
Verb[edit]
metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
- (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French mètre.
Noun[edit]
metre m (plural metres)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.
Verb[edit]
metre (first-person singular present meto, past participle mes)
Conjugation[edit]
| infinitive | metre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | metent | ||||||
| past participle | mes | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| Indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès |
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| present | meto | mets | met | metem | meteu | meten | |
| imperfect | metia | meties | metia | metíem | metíeu | metien | |
| future | metré | metràs | metrà | metrem | metreu | metran | |
| preterite | metí | meteres | meté | metérem | metéreu | meteren | |
| conditional | metria | metries | metria | metríem | metríeu | metrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella | nosaltres | vosaltres | ells/elles | |
| present | meti | metis | meti | metem | meteu | metin | |
| imperfect | metés | metessis | metés | metéssim | metéssiu | metessin | |
| imperative | - | tu | ell/ella | nosaltres | vosaltres | ells/elles | |
| — | met | meti | metem | meteu | metin | ||
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Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin mittō.
Verb[edit]
metre
Descendants[edit]
- French: mettre
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French mètre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
metre
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