métropole
Appearance
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mētropolis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]métropole f (countable and uncountable, plural métropoles)
- metropolis
- A major city other than a capital, particularly if it is more populous than the capital.
- Motherland, mother country in contrast to its colonies.
- (Europe, only with definite article) Continental France, not including its various oversea territories
- Synonym: France métropolitaine
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “métropole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.