metr
Czech
/mɛtr̩/
noun
Definitions
- meter (US), metre (UK)
- ruler only certain kinds, including soft ruler and carpenter's ruler
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέτρον
Gloss
measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -meter English
- emmetropia English
- centum Latin
- diametros Latin
- metrum Latin
- pes Latin
- -metro Italian
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- mètre French
- метр Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- ἑξάμετρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- -metro Portuguese
- centimetr Czech
- decimetr Czech
- femtometr Czech
- hektometr Czech
- kilometr Czech
- mikrometr Czech
- milimetr Czech
- nanometr Czech
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- -metro Galician
- μέτρο Greek (modern)