"metro" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeː.troː/ Audio: Nl-metro.ogg Forms: metro's [plural], metrootje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Borrowed from French métro, from métropolitain in chemin de fer métropolitain. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|fr|métro}} French métro Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-'s|+}} metro m (plural metro's, diminutive metrootje n)
  1. an underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-metro-nl-noun-p9bE~PXX Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. an underground-railway train Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-metro-nl-noun-PJBKHRe6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metrobaan, metrohalte, metrokaart, metrolijn, metrospoor, metrostation, metrotunnel, metrowagon

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metrohalte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metrokaart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metrolijn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metrospoor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metrostation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metrotunnel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "form": "metro's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metrootje",
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        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "tro"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
        ],
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          "metro",
          "metro#English"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-metro-nl-noun-PJBKHRe6",
      "links": [
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmeː.troː/"
    },
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    "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
    "Dutch terms borrowed from French",
    "Dutch terms derived from French",
    "Pages with 24 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "metrohalte"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrokaart"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrolijn"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrospoor"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrostation"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrotunnel"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrowagon"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "tro"
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        ],
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          "railway",
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          "subway",
          "subway"
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          "metro",
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        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "metro"
}

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