"-meter" meaning in English

See -meter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{der|en|grc|μέτρον||measure}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -meter
  1. Used to form the names of measuring devices. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -metre [Britain, nonstandard], -o-meter, -ometer Translations (used to form a measuring device): -metru [masculine] (Asturian), -metre [masculine] (Catalan), -پێو (-pêw) (Central Kurdish), -meter (Danish), -meter (Dutch), -metri (Finnish), -mètre (French), -metro [masculine] (Galician), -მეტრი (-meṭri) (Georgian), -meter (German), מַד־ (mád-) [masculine] (Hebrew), ־מטר (-méter) (Hebrew), -mérő (Hungarian), -méadar [masculine] (Irish), -metro [masculine] (Italian), (kei) (Japanese), (gye) (Korean), -pîv (Northern Kurdish), ـسنج (-sanj) (Persian), -mierz [masculine] (Polish), -metr [masculine] (Polish), -metro [masculine] (Portuguese), -metru [neuter] (Romanian), -ме́р (-mér) [masculine] (Russian), -метр (-metr) [masculine] (Russian), -metro [masculine] (Spanish), -meter (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--meter-en-suffix-gIxYPndh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Derived forms: barometer, ceilometer, colorimeter, densimeter, densitometer, dilatometer, dynamometer, erythrocytometer, esthesiometer, extensometer, hemacytometer, hemocytometer, manometer, microdensitometer, odometer, osmometer, pedometer, penetrometer, pluviometer, potentiometer, pulsometer, pyrheliometer, reflectometer, respirometer, rheogoniometer, saccharimeter, salimeter, salinometer, salometer, sclerometer, sensitometer, solarimeter, spectrophotometer, speedometer, spherometer, sphygmomanometer, strainometer, tachometer, taximeter, tellurometer, tensimeter, tensiometer, transmissometer, turbidimeter, ultramicrometer, urinometer, variometer, velocimeter, vinometer, viscosimeter, voltammeter, volumeter, zymometer

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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-méadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-metro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kei",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "word": "計"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gye",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "word": "계"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "-pêw",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "word": "-پێو"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "word": "-pîv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "-sanj",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "word": "ـسنج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-mierz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-metr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-metro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-metru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-mér",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ме́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-metr",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-метр"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-metro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to form a measuring device",
      "word": "-meter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-meter"
}

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