"-metro" meaning in All languages combined

See -metro on Wiktionary

Suffix [Galician]

Forms: -metros [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymology templates: {{root|gl|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{der|gl|grc|μέτρον||measure}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) Head templates: {{gl-noun|m}} -metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)
  1. -meter Tags: masculine, morpheme

Suffix [Italian]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{der|it|grc|μέτρον||measure}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) Head templates: {{head|it|suffix|g=m}} -metro m
  1. -meter Tags: masculine, morpheme

Suffix [Portuguese]

IPA: /me.tɾu/ [Brazil], /mɨ.tɾu/ [Portugal] Forms: -metros [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. Portuguese -metro Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:lbor|grc:μέτρον<t:measure>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. Portuguese -metro [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "measure", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "measure", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*meh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tron", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μέτρον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "-metro", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="-metro"> Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} -metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)
  1. -meter (forms the names of measuring devices) Tags: masculine, morpheme

Suffix [Spanish]

IPA: /metɾo/, [me.t̪ɾo] Forms: -metros [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. Spanish -metro Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:lbor|grc:μέτρον<id:measure>|id=-meter|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. Spanish -metro [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "measure", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "measure", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*meh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tron", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μέτρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-metro", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="-meter" data-lang="es" data-title="-metro" id="Spanish:_-meter"> Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)
  1. -meter Tags: masculine, morpheme

Inflected forms

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}

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    ],
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    ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    ],
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    ],
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    "-me‧tro"
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/metɾo/"
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      "ipa": "[me.t̪ɾo]"
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-metro"
  ],
  "section": "Galician",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-metro",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-metro"
  ],
  "section": "Portuguese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-metro",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-metro"
  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-metro",
  "trace": ""
}

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