métropole

See also: metropole, Metropole, and metrópole

French

Etymology

From métro- +‎ -pole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.tʁɔ.pɔl/

Noun

métropole f (plural métropoles)

1. metropolis
2. (Quebec, only with definite article) Montreal
3. (Europe, only with definite article) Continental France, not including its various oversea territories.

Synonyms

• (Continental France): France métropolitaine

Derived terms

• métro
• métropolitain

Further reading

• “métropole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.