metre ( Commonwealth English for noun senses 2 and 3, rare for other senses ) Senses 1.1, 2, and 3 were borrowed fromFrench mètre andLatin metrum ; seemetre for more.
Sense 1.2 is a noun derived frommete , fromOld English metan ( “ to measure, mark off ” ) , possibly influencing the other meanings.
meter (countable anduncountable ,plural meters )
A device that measures things.Aparking meter or similar device for collecting payment.gasmeter
( dated ) One whometes ormeasures .a labouring coal-meter
( American spelling ) Alternative form ofmetre ( obsolete ) A poem.1551 ,Thomas More , “(please specify the Internet Archive page) ”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e. ,Ralph Robinson ], transl.,A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: [ … ] , London: [ … ] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, [ … ] ,→OCLC :Ameter of[ …] berses in the Utopian tongue
( American spelling ) Aline above or below ahanging net , to which thenet isattached in order to strengthen it.measuring instrument
Arabic:مِقْيَاس m ( miqyās ) Armenian:հաշվիչ (hy) ( hašvičʻ ) ,չափիչ (hy) ( čʻapʻičʻ ) Basque:kontagailu Belarusian:лічы́льнік m ( ličýlʹnik ) ,вымяра́льнік m ( vymjarálʹnik ) ,выме́рнік m ( vymjérnik ) Bulgarian:измери́телен у́ред m ( izmerítelen úred ) ,броя́ч (bg) m ( brojáč ) Catalan:comptador m Chinese:Mandarin:計量表 / 计量表 (zh) ( jìliángbiǎo ) Czech:metr (cs) m ,měřič (cs) m Danish:måler (da) c Dutch:meter (nl) m ,teller (nl) m Esperanto:mezurilo ,comptilo Estonian:mõõtja Finnish:mittari (fi) ,mitta (fi) ,mittatikku (fi) French:mètre (fr) m ,compteur (fr) m Galician:contador m Georgian:მთვლელი ( mtvleli ) ,საზომი ( sazomi ) ,მზომი ( mzomi ) German:Messgerät (de) n Greek:μέτρο (el) n ( métro ) ,ρολόι (el) n ( rolói ) Hebrew:מֶטֶר (he) m ( méter ) ,מִדָּה (he) f ( midá ) Hungarian:mérőóra (hu) ,fogyasztásmérő (óra ) ,-óra (hu) ( invillanyóra (hu) ,gázóra (hu) ,vízóra (hu) ) Indonesian:meteran (id) ,penghitung Irish:méadar m Italian:metro (it) m ,contatore (it) m Japanese:メーター (ja) ( mētā ) ,計量器 (ja) ( けいりょうき, keiryōki ) Khmer:កុងទ័រ ( kongtɔə ) Korean:계량기(計量器) ( gyeryanggi ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:مەتر (ckb) ( metir ) Kyrgyz:өлчөгүч (ky) ( ölcögüc ) Latvian:mērītājs m Lithuanian:metras (lt) m ,matuoklis m Macedonian:мерач m ( merač ) Malay:meter (ms) Maori:ine Mongolian:Cyrillic:тоолуур (mn) ( tooluur ) Norwegian:Bokmål:måler m Persian:اندازهگیر ( andâze-gir ) ,سنجه (fa) ( sanje ) Plautdietsch:Tala m Polish:miernik (pl) m Portuguese:contador (pt) m Romanian:metru (ro) m ( instrument ) ,contor (ro) n Russian:счётчик (ru) m ( sčótčik ) ,измери́тель (ru) m ( izmerítelʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:inneal-tomhais m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ме̏тар m Roman:mȅtar (sh) m Slovak:merač m Slovene:števec m Spanish:medidor (es) m ,contador (es) m ,metro (es) m Swedish:mätare (sv) c ,-meter (sv) c Thai:มิเตอร์ (th) ( mí-dtə̂ə ) Turkish:metre (tr) Ukrainian:лічи́льник m ( ličýlʹnyk ) ,вимі́рник m ( vymírnyk ) ,вимі́рювач m ( vymírjuvač ) Vietnamese:cái đo ,người đo
short form of parking meter
rhythm of poetry
Arabic:وَزْن (ar) m ( wazn ) ,بَحْر (ar) m ( baḥr ) Basque:please add this translation if you can Bulgarian:ри́тъм (bg) m ( rítǎm ) Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Czech:please add this translation if you can Danish:please add this translation if you can Dutch:versmaat (nl) f ,metrum (nl) n Faroese:ørindislag n Finnish:runomitta (fi) German:Versmaß (de) n ,Metrum (de) n ,Silbenmaß n Greek:μέτρο (el) n ( métro ) Ancient Greek:μέτρον n ( métron ) Hungarian:versmérték (hu) Irish:aiste f ,meadaracht f Japanese:韻律 (ja) ( いんりつ, inritsu ) Kazakh:please add this translation if you can Khmer:បាទ (km) ( baat ) ,មាត្រា (km) ( miətraa ) Cyrillic:ме̏тар m Latin:metrum (la) n Macedonian:ме́тар m ( métar ) Persian:وزن (fa) ( vazn ) ,بحر (fa) ( bahr ) Polish:metrum (pl) n ,metr (pl) m ( dated ) ,miara (pl) f Russian:разме́р (ru) m ( razmér ) ,ритм (ru) m ( ritm ) Serbo-Croatian:Roman:mȅtar (sh) m Spanish:métrica (es) f Swedish:versmått (sv) n Turkmen:please add this translation if you can
meter (third-person singular simple present meters ,present participle metering ,simple past and past participle metered )
Tomeasure with a metering device. Toimprint apostage mark with apostage meter . To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such asanticipation orbreath ). FromLatin mittere .
meter
toput This verb needs aninflection-table template .
meter c (singular definite meteren ,plural indefinite meter )
ametre , ormeter (US) (SI unit of measurement ) Frommeten +-er .
meter m (plural meters ,diminutive metertje n )
meter ( device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity ) Ik heb eenmeter nodig om de stroom in dit circuit te meten. ―I need ameter to measure the current in this circuit. Demeters in het laboratorium zijn zeer nauwkeurig. ―Themeters in the laboratory are very precise. Kun je dat kleinemetertje even doorgeven? ―Can you pass that smallmeter please? measurer ( person who measures something ) Borrowed fromFrench mètre .
meter m (plural meters ,diminutive metertje n )
meter ,metre ( unit of distance ) De kamer is vijfmeters breed. ―The room is fivemeters wide. Ze liep een afstand van tienmeters in de race. ―She ran a distance of tenmetres in the race. Dit kleinemetertje touw is alles wat ik over heb. ―This smallmetre of rope is all I have left. FromMiddle Dutch meter , frommetrijn , fromLatin matrīna .
meter f (plural meters ,diminutive metertje n ,masculine peter )
godmother Synonyms: peettante ,petemoei Ze is de trotsemeter van haar neefje. ―She is the proudgodmother of her nephew. Mijn zus werd gevraagd ommeter te zijn bij de doop. ―My sister was asked to be thegodmother at the baptism. Elk kind in ons gezin heeft eenmeter en een peter. ―Every child in our family has agodmother and a godfather. FromOld Galician-Portuguese meter , fromLatin mittō, mittēre ( “ to send, put ” ) , probably fromProto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ( “ to exchange, remove ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /meˈteɾ/ [meˈt̪eɾ] Rhymes:-eɾ Hyphenation:me‧ter meter (first-person singular present meto ,first-person singular preterite metín ,past participle metido )
( transitive ) toput ( transitive ) toinsert ( transitive ) tobring in ( pronominal ) tomeddle ,interfere ( transitive ) todeliver Meteu lle unha patada. ―Hedelivered him a kick. Singular Plural First-person (eu ) Second-person (ti /tu ) Third-person (ele /ela /você ) First-person (nós ) Second-person (vós ) Third-person (eles /elas /vocês ) Infinitive Impersonal meter Personal meter meteres meter metermos meterdes meterem Gerund metendo Past participle Masculine metido metidos Feminine metida metidas Indicative Present meto metes mete metemos metedes ,meteis metem Imperfect metia metias metia metíamos metíades ,metíeis ,metíais 1 metiam Preterite metim ,meti meteste ,meteche 1 meteu metemos metestes metêrom ,meteram Pluperfect metera meteras metera metêramos metêrades ,metêreis ,metêrais 1 meteram Future meterei meterás meterá meteremos meteredes ,metereis meterám ,meterão Conditional meteria meterias meteria meteríamos meteríades ,meteríeis ,meteríais 1 meteriam Subjunctive Present meta metas meta metamos metades ,metais metam Imperfect metesse metesses metesse metêssemos metêssedes ,metêsseis metessem Future meter meteres meter metermos meterdes meterem Imperative Affirmative mete meta metamos metede ,metei metam Negative (nom )nom metas nom meta nom metamos nom metades ,nom metais nom metam
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “meter ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “meter ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “meter ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “meter ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN IPA (key ) : [ˈmɛ.tər] Hyphenation:mè‧têr FromDutch meter ,meten , fromMiddle Dutch mēten , fromOld Dutch metan , fromProto-Germanic *metaną , fromProto-Indo-European *med- ( “ to measure ” ) . FromDutch meter , fromFrench mètre , fromLatin metrum , fromAncient Greek μέτρον ( métron ,“ measure ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *meh₁- ( “ to measure ” ) . Doublet ofmetrum .
mètêr (plural meter -meter )
meter , a device that measures things.meter ,metre , thebase unit oflength in theInternational System of Units (SI ).Sebatang pohon setinggi 5meter akan digambar dengan skala 1:25. A 5-meter tall tree will be drawn on a scale of 1:25. FromDutch meter , fromMiddle Dutch meter , frommetrijn , fromLatin matrīna .
mètêr (plural meter -meter )
godmother .FromSanskrit मूत्र ( mūtrá ) .
meter ?
urine Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014 ) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, inCahier de Studia Iranica xx [1] , pages13-36 FromLatin mittere .
meter
toput ,place Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. Conjugation ofmeter (third conjugation)
meter
toput mēter
first-person singular present active subjunctive ofmētor FromEnglish metre ormeter , fromFrench mètre , fromAncient Greek μέτρον ( métron ,“ measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre ” ) .
meter (Jawi spelling ميتر ,plural meter -meter ,informal 1st possessive meterku ,2nd possessive metermu ,3rd possessive meternya )
Ameter :The basicunit oflength in theInternational System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités); ametre ormeter .limameter ―fivemetres A device that is used tomeasure andrecord something( distance, quantity of something used, etc. ) .meter air ―watermeter FromFrench mètre , fromLatin metrum ( “ a measure ” ) , fromAncient Greek μέτρον ( métron ) .
meter m (plural meter )
meter ( unit of measure ) meter m (definite singular meteren ,indefinite plural meter ,definite plural meterne )
ametre , ormeter (US) (SI unit of length ) meter m (definite singular meteren ,indefinite plural meter ,definite plural meterane or metrane )
ametre , ormeter (US) (SI unit of length ) metter ( pre-standardization spelling ) FromOld Galician-Portuguese meter , fromLatin mittere ( “ to send, to put ” ) , probably fromProto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ( “ to exchange, remove ” ) .
meter (first-person singular present meto ,first-person singular preterite meti ,past participle metido )
( transitive ) toput ( transitive ) toinsert 1938 ,Graciliano Ramos , “Festa [Celebration ]”, inVidas Seccas [Barren Lives ],Rio de Janeiro :Livraria José Olympio Editora ,page108 :Descalçou-se,metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado. He took off his shoes,shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved. ( reflexive ) tomeddle ,interfere — Já pensaram no que vem por aí? Uma vida inteira, juntos? As brigas, às vezes por mesquinharia? O ciuminho? Os sogrosse metendo ? As diferenças: filme de pancadaria ou filme romântico? Luz acesa para um ler quando o outro quer dormir? Um não podendo viver sem ar refrigerado, apesar da rinite do outro? Já pensaram? (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) ( reflexive ) toget into ( to become involved in ) [with em ‘something’ ]( transitive , vulgar ) tofuck ,screw “meter ”, iniDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008 –2025 “meter ” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913 “meter ”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003 –2025 “meter ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015 –2025 “meter ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008 –2025 meter m inan
meter ,metre ( unit of length ) “meter ”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk ,2003–2025 meter m
meter ,metre ( unit of length ) “meter ”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025 Inherited fromOld Spanish meter , fromLatin mittō ( “ to send ” ) , probably fromProto-Indo-European *mey-th₂- ( “ to exchange, remove ” ) . Cognate withEnglish mess (sense 2) and alsomission ,message . Compare alsoFrench mettre ,Friulian meti ,Portuguese meter , andItalian mettere . The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin.
IPA (key ) : /meˈteɾ/ [meˈt̪eɾ] Rhymes:-eɾ Syllabification:me‧ter meter (first-person singular present meto ,first-person singular preterite metí ,past participle metido )
toput in ,insert Synonym: poner ( sports ) toscore meter un gol ―toscore a goal tomake ( noise ) tocram , tostuff , tostick , toshove ( reflexive ) tomeddle ,interfere , toget into Synonyms: inmiscuirse ,meter la nariz ¡Note metas en lo que no te importa! Don'tget involved in other people's business!/ Don'tmeddle in others' affairs! ( reflexive ) toget into ( a small space ) ( reflexive ) toget into , toget in meterse en problemas ―toget in trouble. Está tratando demeterse en tu cabeza. He's trying toget into your head. 1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofmeter
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person with infinitivemeter dative meterme meterte meterle ,meterse meternos meteros meterles ,meterse accusative meterme meterte meterlo ,meterla ,meterse meternos meteros meterlos ,meterlas ,meterse with gerundmetiendo dative metiéndome metiéndote metiéndole ,metiéndose metiéndonos metiéndoos metiéndoles ,metiéndose accusative metiéndome metiéndote metiéndolo ,metiéndola ,metiéndose metiéndonos metiéndoos metiéndolos ,metiéndolas ,metiéndose with informal second-person singulartú imperativemete dative méteme métete métele métenos not used mételes accusative méteme métete mételo ,métela métenos not used mételos ,mételas with informal second-person singularvos imperativemeté dative meteme metete metele metenos not used meteles accusative meteme metete metelo ,metela metenos not used metelos ,metelas with formal second-person singular imperativemeta dative métame not used métale ,métase métanos not used métales accusative métame not used métalo ,métala ,métase métanos not used métalos ,métalas with first-person plural imperativemetamos dative not used metámoste metámosle metámonos metámoos metámosles accusative not used metámoste metámoslo ,metámosla metámonos metámoos metámoslos ,metámoslas with informal second-person plural imperativemeted dative metedme not used metedle metednos meteos metedles accusative metedme not used metedlo ,metedla metednos meteos metedlos ,metedlas with formal second-person plural imperativemetan dative métanme not used métanle métannos not used métanles ,métanse accusative métanme not used métanlo ,métanla métannos not used métanlos ,métanlas ,métanse
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Borrowed fromEnglish meter .
meter c
ametre ; the SI-unit ( music ) Rhythm or measure in verseameter ; a device that measures things. Borrowed fromEnglish meter .
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