megalitre

See also: mégalitre

English

Alternative forms

• (US) megaliter

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Hellenic *mégas

Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.

English mega-

Spanish litrebor.

English litre

English megalitre

From mega- + litre.

Noun

megalitre (plural megalitres)

2. A unit of volume equivalent to 1,000,000 litres. Symbol: ML or Ml.

   Holonym: gigalitre

   Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre

Related terms

• decalitre
• gigalitre
• hectolitre
• kilolitre

Translations

1,000,000 litres

• Finnish: megalitra (fi)
• French: mégalitre (fr) m
• Galician: megalitro (gl) m
• Italian: megalitro m
• Spanish: megalitro (es) m
• Thai: เมกะลิตร

Anagrams

• megaliter