metroo

Esperanto

Metroo en Amsterdamo

Etymology

From French métro. The extra o was added to differentiate from metro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meˈtroo]

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• Rhymes: -oo
• Hyphenation: me‧tro‧o

Noun

metroo (accusative singular metroon, plural metrooj, accusative plural metroojn)

1. urban, above or below-ground electric train system; metro

   Synonym: metropoliteno

   Hyponyms: subterfervojo, subtervojo, subvojo

Estonian

Etymology

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain, as in Chemin de fer métropolitain (“Metropolitan Railway”), the early name for the Paris Metro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metˈroː/, [metˈroː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: met‧roo

Noun

metroo (genitive metroo, partitive metrood)

1. metro, subway, underground

   Synonym: (purist) allmaaraudtee

Declension

Declension of metroo (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		metroo	metrood
accusative	nom.
	gen.	metroo
genitive			metroode
partitive		metrood	metroid metroosid
illative		metroosse	metroodesse metroisse
inessive		metroos	metroodes metrois
elative		metroost	metroodest metroist
allative		metroole	metroodele metroile
adessive		metrool	metroodel metroil
ablative		metroolt	metroodelt metroilt
translative		metrooks	metroodeks metroiks
terminative		metrooni	metroodeni
essive		metroona	metroodena
abessive		metroota	metroodeta
comitative		metrooga	metroodega

Compounds

• metroojaam
• metrooliin
• metroopilet
• metroorong
• metrootunnel
• metroovagun

 

References

• metroo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “metroo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009