litre
English
/ˈliː.tə/, /ˈli.tɚ/
noun
Definitions
- The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ
- (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
Etymology
Borrowed from French litre derived from Latin litra 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
- attolitre English
- bike English
- decalitre English
- decilitre English
- exalitre English
- femtolitre English
- gigalitre English
- hectolitre English
- kilolitre English
- litrebike English
- megalitre English
- microlitre English
- millilitre English
- multilitre English
- myrialitre English
- nanolitre English
- petalitre English
- picolitre English
- submicrolitre English
- subnanolitre English
- teralitre English
- yoctolitre English
- yottalitre English
- litra Finnish
- bilibra Latin
- libra Latin
- liter Latin
- litra Latin
- Liter German
- litro Italian
- rotolo Italian
- décilitre French
- hectolitre French
- litre French
- libra Spanish, Castilian
- litro Spanish, Castilian
- λίτρα Ancient Greek
- liter Norwegian Bokmål
- litro Portuguese
- ミリリットル Japanese
- リットル Japanese
- liter Norwegian Nynorsk
- lítear Irish
- رَطْل Arabic
- رُطْل Arabic
- لتر Arabic
- lira Catalan, Valencian
- litre Catalan, Valencian
- लीटर Hindi
- litro Galician
- ลิตร Thai
- liotair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- litre Norman
- lít Vietnamese
- လီတာ Burmese
- lita Swahili
- mililita Swahili
- *līthra Proto-Italic
- ilitha Zulu
- imililitha Zulu
- łìtro Venetian
- ລິດ Lao
- רִיטְלָא Aramaic
- ܠܝܛܪܐ Classical Syriac
- litri Afar
- ilitiro Kinyarwanda