metro
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈmeː.troː/
noun
Definitions
- An underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro.
- An underground-railway train.
Etymology
Borrowed from French métro (uterus, measurement).
Origin
French
métro
Gloss
uterus, measurement
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- metro English
- metró Italian
- halte Dutch, Flemish
- metrohalte Dutch, Flemish
- metrostation Dutch, Flemish
- station Dutch, Flemish
- métro French
- метро Russian
- μήτηρ Ancient Greek
- メトロ Japanese
- metro Polish
- metroo Esperanto
- metrou Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เมโทร Thai
- μετρό Greek (modern)
- mê-tơ-rô Vietnamese
- metro Slovak
- ម៉េត្រូ Central Khmer
- مطرو Moroccan Arabic