metre

(poetry, music) metre/meter (the rhythm of a song or poem)


metre

ca-verb

metre (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle mes); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

metre (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
meto (first-person present singular)
metí (first-person preterite singular)
mes (participle past)
metre (infinitive)
metent (gerund)
mes (masculine participle past singular)
mesa (feminine participle past singular)
mesos (masculine participle past plural)
meses (feminine participle past plural)
meto (first-person indicative present singular)
mets (indicative present second-person singular)
met (indicative present singular third-person)
metem (first-person indicative plural present)
meteu (indicative plural present second-person)
meten (indicative plural present third-person)
metia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
meties (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
metia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
metíem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
metíeu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
metien (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
metré (first-person future indicative singular)
metràs (future indicative second-person singular)
metrà (future indicative singular third-person)
metrem (first-person future indicative plural)
metreu (future indicative plural second-person)
metran (future indicative plural third-person)
metí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
meteres (indicative preterite second-person singular)
meté (indicative preterite singular third-person)
metérem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
metéreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
meteren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
metria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
metries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
metria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
metríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
metríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
metrien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
meti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
metis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
meti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
metem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
meteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
metin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
metés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
metessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
metés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
metéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
metéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
metessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
met (imperative second-person)
meti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
metem (first-person imperative plural)
meteu (imperative plural second-person)
metin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no metis (imperative negative second-person)
no meti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no metem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no meteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no metin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Old Catalan metre, from Latin mittere. Compare Occitan metre, French mettre, Spanish meter.


metre

The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.

1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, number 3:

A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.

The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.

International System of Units
International System of Units

The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.

Tok Pisin: mita

→ Burmese: မီတာ (mita)

→ Chinese: 米突 (mǐtū, mǐtú)

→ Japanese: メーター (mētā)

→ Korean: 미터 (miteo) (South Korea), 메터 (meteo) (North Korea, China)

→ Maori: mita

→ Swahili: mita

→ Yoruba: mítà

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.


metre

(UK, rare) Alternative spelling of meter

en-verb

metre (third-person singular simple present metres, present participle metring, simple past and past participle metred)

metres (present singular third-person)
metring (participle present)
metred (participle past)
metred (past)


metre

(UK, Canada) The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse) and musical composition.

en-noun

metre (countable and uncountable, plural metres)

metro

rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition

From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).


metre

(poetry, music) To put into metrical form.


metre

From Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō. Attested from the 12th century.


metre

si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience

1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:

Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

metre (infinitive)
avoir mis (infinitive multiword-construction)
en metant (gerund)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
metant (participle present)
mis (participle past)
met (first-person indicative present singular)
mez (indicative present second-person singular)
met (indicative present singular third-person)
metons (first-person indicative plural present)
metez (indicative plural present second-person)
metent (indicative plural present third-person)
metoie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
meteie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
metoies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
meteies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
metoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
meteit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
metiiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
metiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
metiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
metiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
metoient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
meteient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mis (first-person indicative preterite singular)
meṣis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
mist (indicative preterite singular third-person)
meṣimes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
meṣistes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
misdrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
metrai (first-person future indicative singular)
metras (future indicative second-person singular)
metra (future indicative singular third-person)
metrons (first-person future indicative plural)
metroiz (future indicative plural second-person)
metreiz (future indicative plural second-person)
metrez (future indicative plural second-person)
metront (future indicative plural third-person)
metroie (conditional first-person singular)
metreie (conditional first-person singular)
metroies (conditional second-person singular)
metreies (conditional second-person singular)
metroit (conditional singular third-person)
metreit (conditional singular third-person)
metriiens (conditional first-person plural)
metriens (conditional first-person plural)
metriiez (conditional plural second-person)
metriez (conditional plural second-person)
metroient (conditional plural third-person)
metreient (conditional plural third-person)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
mete (first-person present singular subjunctive)
metes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
mete (present singular subjunctive third-person)
metons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
metez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
metent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
meṣisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
meṣisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
meṣist (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
meṣissons (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
meṣissiens (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
meṣissoiz (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
meṣissez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
meṣissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
meṣissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
met (imperative second-person singular)
metons (first-person imperative plural)
metez (imperative plural second-person)

desctree

Middle French: mettre, mectre, metre
French: mettre

Norman: maette (Guernsey), mettre (Jersey)


metre

head

metre (definite accusative metreyi, plural metreler)

metreyi (accusative definite)
metreler (plural)
metre (nominative singular)
metreler (nominative plural)
metreyi (accusative definite singular)
metreleri (accusative definite plural)
metreye (dative singular)
metrelere (dative plural)
metrede (locative singular)
metrelerde (locative plural)
metreden (ablative singular)
metrelerden (ablative plural)
metrenin (genitive singular)
metrelerin (genitive plural)
metrem (first-person nominative singular)
metrelerim (first-person nominative singular)
metren (nominative second-person singular)
metrelerin (nominative second-person singular)
metresi (nominative singular third-person)
metreleri (nominative singular third-person)
metremiz (first-person nominative plural)
metrelerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
metreniz (nominative plural second-person)
metreleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
metreleri (nominative plural third-person)
metremi (accusative definite first-person singular)
metrelerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
metreni (accusative definite second-person singular)
metrelerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
metresini (accusative definite singular third-person)
metrelerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
metremizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
metrelerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
metrenizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
metrelerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
metrelerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
metreme (dative first-person singular)
metrelerime (dative first-person singular)
metrene (dative second-person singular)
metrelerine (dative second-person singular)
metresine (dative singular third-person)
metrelerine (dative singular third-person)
metremize (dative first-person plural)
metrelerimize (dative first-person plural)
metrenize (dative plural second-person)
metrelerinize (dative plural second-person)
metrelerine (dative plural third-person)
metremde (first-person locative singular)
metrelerimde (first-person locative singular)
metrende (locative second-person singular)
metrelerinde (locative second-person singular)
metresinde (locative singular third-person)
metrelerinde (locative singular third-person)
metremizde (first-person locative plural)
metrelerimizde (first-person locative plural)
metrenizde (locative plural second-person)
metrelerinizde (locative plural second-person)
metrelerinde (locative plural third-person)
metremden (ablative first-person singular)
metrelerimden (ablative first-person singular)
metrenden (ablative second-person singular)
metrelerinden (ablative second-person singular)
metresinden (ablative singular third-person)
metrelerinden (ablative singular third-person)
metremizden (ablative first-person plural)
metrelerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
metrenizden (ablative plural second-person)
metrelerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
metrelerinden (ablative plural third-person)
metremin (first-person genitive singular)
metrelerimin (first-person genitive singular)
metrenin (genitive second-person singular)
metrelerinin (genitive second-person singular)
metresinin (genitive singular third-person)
metrelerinin (genitive singular third-person)
metremizin (first-person genitive plural)
metrelerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
metrenizin (genitive plural second-person)
metrelerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
metrelerinin (genitive plural third-person)
metreyim (first-person singular)
metrelerim (first-person singular)
metresin (second-person singular)
metrelersin (second-person singular)
metre (singular third-person)
metredir (singular third-person)
metreler (singular third-person)
metrelerdir (singular third-person)
metreyiz (first-person plural)
metreleriz (first-person plural)
metresiniz (plural second-person)
metrelersiniz (plural second-person)
metreler (plural third-person)
metrelerdir (plural third-person)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish متره (metre), from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).