"métro" meaning in All languages combined

See métro on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: métros [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} métro (plural métros)
  1. Alternative form of metro Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: metro
    Sense id: en-métro-en-noun-NieL8Z~G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [French]

IPA: /me.tʁo/ Audio: Fr-métro.ogg Forms: métros [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Clipping of métropolitain. Etymology templates: {{clipping|fr|métropolitain}} Clipping of métropolitain Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} métro m (plural métros)
  1. metro; subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (UK) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-métro-fr-noun-izDfkbCd Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 86 6 8
  2. short for métropole; metropolis Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, masculine Alternative form of: métropole (extra: metropolis)
    Sense id: en-métro-fr-noun-STrX-gOW
  3. (France, informal) resident or native of metropolitan France Tags: France, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-métro-fr-noun-lOPMdg1V Categories (other): French French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 26 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoir un métro de retard, métro, boulot, dodo

Inflected forms

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