Liter
German (Berlin)
/ˈlɪtɐ/
noun
Definitions
- liter; litre
Etymology
Borrowed from French litre derived from Ancient Greek λίτρα (a measure of weight, a Sicilian coin).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λίτρα
Gloss
a measure of weight, a Sicilian coin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- litre English
- liter Latin
- litra Latin
- Deziliter German
- Hektoliter German
- Zentiliter German
- litro Italian
- rotolo Italian
- décilitre French
- hectolitre French
- litre French
- litro Spanish, Castilian
- λίτρα Ancient Greek
- liter Norwegian Bokmål
- litro Portuguese
- リットル Japanese
- liter Norwegian Nynorsk
- lítear Irish
- رَطْل Arabic
- رُطْل Arabic
- لتر Arabic
- litre Catalan, Valencian
- litro Galician
- ลิตร Thai
- liotair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- litre Norman
- lít Vietnamese
- လီတာ Burmese
- łìtro Venetian
- ລິດ Lao
- רִיטְלָא Aramaic
- ܠܝܛܪܐ Classical Syriac
- litri Afar
- ilitiro Kinyarwanda