"-metry" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Old French -métrie, from Latin -metria, from Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría), from μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to -meter + -y. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|-métrie}} Old French -métrie, {{der|en|la|-metria}} Latin -metria, {{der|en|grc|-μετρία}} Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría), {{m|grc|μέτρον||measurement}} μέτρον (métron, “measurement”), {{m|grc|-ια||-y: forming abstract nouns}} -ια (-ia, “-y: forming abstract nouns”), {{suffix|en|-meter|y}} -meter + -y Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -metry, {{en-suffix}} -metry
  1. Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: geometry, isometry, symmetry, trigonometry Related terms: -meter, -metric Translations (forming nouns relating to measures and measurement): -metria [feminine] (Catalan), -métrie [feminine] (French), -metrie (German), -metria (Hungarian), -méadracht [feminine] (Irish), -metria [feminine] (Italian), سنج (-sanj) (Persian), -metria [feminine] (Portuguese), -metría [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--metry-en-suffix-GxhCt1iM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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