"liter" meaning in English

See liter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈliː.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈli.tɚ/ [General-American], [ˈli.ɾɚ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-liter.wav Forms: liters [plural], lit. [alternative]
Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} liter (plural liters)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter. Wikidata QID: Q11582 Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: litre, one cubic decimeter
    Sense id: en-liter-en-noun-en:Q11582 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Units of measure Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 48 3 9 7 7 2 11 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 2 12 4 4 2 7 4 5 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 95 5 Derived forms: attoliter, femtoliter, gigaliter, kiloliter, megaliter, microliter, multiliter, petaliter, ronnaliter, teraliter, yoctoliter, zeptoliter
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: liters [plural], lit. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} liter (plural liters)
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of litter. Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: litter
    Sense id: en-liter-en-noun-12PQINIj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "kiloliter"
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          "word": "petaliter"
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          "word": "ronnaliter"
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          "word": "teraliter"
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      "homophone": "leader"
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