metre
English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.
Noun
editmetre (plural metres)
- The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39 47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
- 1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, number 3:
- The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
- 1873 April, The Young Englishwoman:
- A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
- 1928 April 15, The Observer:
- The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
Usage notes
edit- The spelling metre is used by both the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the International Organization for Standardization in their English-language texts, and is used in all English-speaking countries other than the US. The spelling used in the US is meter—for instance, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology and the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual use meter.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit(Metric scale)
Descendants
edit- Tok Pisin: mita
- → Burmese: မီတာ (mita)
- → Chinese: 米突 (mǐtū, mǐtú)
- → Japanese: メーター (mētā)
- → Korean: 미터 (miteo) (South Korea), 메터 (meteo) (North Korea, China)
- → Maori: mita
- → Swahili: mita
- → Yoruba: mítà
Translations
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See also
editReferences
edit“metre”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Further reading
editVerb
editmetre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
Usage notes
editThe standard spelling of the verb meaning to measure is meter throughout the English-speaking world. The use of the spelling metre for this sense (outside music and poetry) is possibly a misspelling.
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).
Noun
editmetre (countable and uncountable, plural metres)
- (UK, Canada) The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse) and musical composition.
- Hyponym: musical time
Translations
editVerb
editmetre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)
See also
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmetre m (plural metres)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Old Catalan metre, from Latin mittere. Compare Occitan metre, French mettre, Spanish meter.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmetre (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle mes); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive, archaic) to put, to place
- Synonym: posar
- (transitive, archaic) to set
Conjugation
editinfinitive | metre | ||||||
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gerund | metent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | mes | mesa | |||||
plural | mesos | meses | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | meto | mets | met | metem | meteu | meten | |
imperfect | metia | meties | metia | metíem | metíeu | metien | |
future | metré | metràs | metrà | metrem | metreu | metran | |
preterite | metí | meteres | meté | metérem | metéreu | meteren | |
conditional | metria | metries | metria | metríem | metríeu | metrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | meti | metis | meti | metem | meteu | metin | |
imperfect | metés | metessis | metés | metéssim | metéssiu | metessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | met | meti | metem | meteu | metin | |
negative (no) | — | no metis | no meti | no metem | no meteu | no metin |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “metre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “metre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “metre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “metre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology
editVerb
editmetre (ORB, broad)
- to put
References
editOccitan
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Attested from the 12th century.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmetre
- (transitive) to put, to place
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 376.
Old French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmetre
- to put, to place
- 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
- si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
- Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | metre | avoir mis | |||||
gerund | en metant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | metant | ||||||
past participle | mis | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | met | mez | met | metons | metez | metent |
imperfect | metoie, meteie | metoies, meteies | metoit, meteit | metiiens, metiens | metiiez, metiez | metoient, meteient | |
preterite | mis | meṣis | mist | meṣimes | meṣistes | misdrent | |
future | metrai | metras | metra | metrons | metroiz, metreiz, metrez | metront | |
conditional | metroie, metreie | metroies, metreies | metroit, metreit | metriiens, metriens | metriiez, metriez | metroient, metreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | mete | metes | mete | metons | metez | metent |
imperfect | meṣisse | meṣisses | meṣist | meṣissons, meṣissiens | meṣissoiz, meṣissez, meṣissiez | meṣissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | met | — | metons | metez | — |
Descendants
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish متره (metre), from French mètre.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁-
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/iːtə(ɹ)
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- ORB, broad
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- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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