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see|Meter|-meter
English
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Alternative spellings
:metre (British, Canadian) (but not for senses 1 and 2)

Etymology
From F. mètre, originally from Gr. μέ��ον (metron) "a measure".

Pronunciation
IPA|/�mi�t�(ɻ)/
audio|en-us-meter.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�t�(r)|-i�t�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. (always meter) A device that measures things.
2. A parking meter.
3. The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
4. music: an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
5. context|Prosody: The rhythm pattern in a poem.

Related terms
top2
altimeter
centimeter
feed the meter
kilometer
metric
metrical
mid2
millimeter
odometer
pedometer
pentameter
tachymeter
tetrameter

Translations
trans-top|counter, measuring instrument
Arabic: ARchar|عداد unicode|(�addá:d) m
Croatian: metar
Dutch: meter m, teller m
Finnish: mittari
French: mètre m, compteur m
Greek: μέ��ο (métro) n
Hungarian: mér�óra
Italian: metro m
Japanese: ���� (m�t�)
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Korean: ��기 (gyeryanggi)
Kurdish: KUchar|���تر
Lithuanian: metras m
Norwegian: måler m
Romanian: metru m, contor n
Russian: �����ик (s�ót�ik) m, изме�и�ел� (izmerítel�) m
Spanish: medidor m, contador m
Swedish: mätare c, -meter
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trans-top|unit of measure, 100 cm
Arabic: ARchar|�تر (mitr) m
Chinese: 米 (m�)
Czech: metr m
Dutch: meter m
Estonian: meeter
Finnish: metri
French: mètre m
German: Meter m
Greek: μέ��ο (métro) n
Hebrew: ��ר (meter) m
Hungarian: méter
Icelandic: metri (meter)
Interlingua: metro
Italian: metro m
trans-mid
Japanese: ����, � (m�toru)
Korean: 미� (miteo)
Norwegian: meter m
Polish: metr m
Portuguese: metro m
Romanian: metru m
Russian: ме�� (metr) m
Slovak: meter#Slovak|meter m
Spanish: metro m
Swedish: meter#Swedish|meter
Tatar: meter#Tatar|meter
Turkish: metre#Turkish|metre
Vietnamese: mét
Yiddish: �ע�ער (meter)
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trans-top|increment of music
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trans-top|rhythym of poetry
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Verb
en-verb

1. To measure with a metering device

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/�met�r/

Etymology 1

Noun
nl-noun|g=m|meters|metertje

1. meter (a distance of 100 centimeters. The base unit of the metric system).
2. meter (a device that measures things).

Etymology 2

Noun
nl-noun|g=f|meters|metertje

1. godmother

Portuguese

Etymology
Latin mittere

Verb
meter

1. to put

Conjugation
pt-conj-er|met

Category:Portuguese verbs

Spanish

Etymology
Latin mittere

Verb
meter

1. to put, to insert

Conjugation
es-conj-er|met

Related terms
mensaje
misión
admitir
emitir
permitir

Category:Spanish verbs ending in -er
Category:Spanish verbs

Swedish

Noun
meter c (plural: meter; definite singular: metern; definite plural: metrarna)

1. Rhythm or measure in verse
2. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units, the same distance as 100 cm.

-meter

#: Amperemeter = a device used to measure electrical currents.
#: Ammeter = a device used to measure electrical currents.

Tatar

Noun
meter ¹

1. meter#English|meter.

Declension
tt-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

Category:Greek derivations
Category:SI units
Category:Tatar nouns
Category:Units of measure
Category:tt:Units of measure

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