metro
English
/ˈmɛtɹəʊ/, /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- An underground railway.
- A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- An urban rapid transit light railway
- A train that runs on such a railway.
Etymology
Borrowed from French métro (uterus, measurement) derived from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mother).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μήτηρ
Gloss
mother
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
🤰 🤱 🤶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Metro Toronto English
- MetroCard English
- Toronto English
- card English
- metroisation English
- nonmetro English
- metró Italian
- metro Dutch, Flemish
- metropool Dutch, Flemish
- métro French
- метро Russian
- Μητρόδωρος Ancient Greek
- μήτηρ Ancient Greek
- μητρόπολις Ancient Greek
- メトロ Japanese
- metro Polish
- metroo Esperanto
- मेट्रो Hindi
- metrou Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เมโทร Thai
- μετρό Greek (modern)
- μητέρα Greek (modern)
- mê-tơ-rô Vietnamese
- metro Slovak
- ម៉េត្រូ Central Khmer
- مطرو Moroccan Arabic
- مترو Hijazi Arabic
- *mā́tēr Proto-Hellenic