metr
Polish
noun
Definitions
- metre, meter (100 cm)
- measuring tape
Etymology
Borrowed from French mètre (metre) 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
- meter English
- metre English
- metri Finnish
- centum Latin
- diametros Latin
- metrum Latin
- milli Latin
- pes Latin
- Meter German
- -metro Italian
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- centimètre French
- cytomètre French
- décamètre French
- décimètre French
- hectomètre French
- kilomètre French
- lysimètre French
- millimètre French
- monomètre French
- mètre French
- métrer French
- nanomètre French
- oxymètre French
- picomètre French
- ériomètre French
- метр Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- metro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- ἑξάμετρος Ancient Greek
- Ἥλιος Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- -metro Portuguese
- metro Portuguese
- メートル Japanese
- centymetr Polish
- decymetr Polish
- manometr Polish
- milimetr Polish
- nanometr Polish
- sfigmomanometr Polish
- méadar Irish
- metr Czech
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- metre Catalan, Valencian
- metri Icelandic
- -metro Galician
- เมตร Thai
- μέτρο Greek (modern)
- metre Turkish
- మీటరు Telugu
- meatair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- metur Faroese
- mét Vietnamese
- метър Bulgarian
- ម៉ែត្រ Central Khmer
- meter Mòcheno
- mitri Afar