"litre" meaning in English

See litre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈliː.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈli.tɚ/ [General-American], [ˈli.ɾɚ] [General-American] Audio: en-uk-litre.ogg [UK] Forms: litres [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ) Etymology: From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin libra. Doublet of rottol. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|litre}} French litre, {{der|en|ML.|litra}} Medieval Latin litra, {{der|en|grc|λίτρα||a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight}} Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”), {{m|la|libra}} libra, {{doublet|en|rottol}} Doublet of rottol Head templates: {{en-noun}} litre (plural litres)
  1. The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ Categories (topical): Units of measure Translations (unit of fluid measure): litër [masculine] (Albanian), لِتْر (litr) [masculine] (Arabic), لتر (letr) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), اطرو (eṭṛō) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), լիտր (litr) (Armenian), llitru [masculine] (Asturian), litr (Azerbaijani), літр (litr) [masculine] (Belarusian), লিটার (liṭar) (Bengali), litr (Breton), ли́тър (lítǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လီတာ (lita) (Burmese), litre [masculine] (Catalan), liter (Central Dusun), لتر (ltir) (Central Kurdish), гуншын (gunšɨn) [Dungan] (Chinese), (sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 公升 (english: gung¹ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (shēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 公升 (gōngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), litr [masculine] (Czech), liter [common-gender] (Danish), liter (Dutch), litro (Esperanto), liiter (Estonian), litur [masculine] (Faroese), litri [masculine] (Faroese), litra (Finnish), litre [masculine] (French), litro [masculine] (Galician), ლიტრი (liṭri) (Georgian), Liter [masculine] (German), λίτρο (lítro) [neuter] (Greek), לִיטר (líter) [masculine] (Hebrew), लीटर (līṭar) [masculine] (Hindi), liter (Hungarian), lítri [masculine] (Icelandic), litro (Ido), liter (Indonesian), lítear [masculine] (Irish), litro [masculine] (Italian), リットル (rittoru) (Japanese), ㍑ (rittoru) (Japanese), lit (Jarai), литр (litr) (Kazakh), លីត្រ (liit) (Khmer), 리터 (riteo) (Korean), литр (litr) (Kyrgyz), ລິດ (lit) (Lao), litrs [masculine] (Latvian), litras [masculine] (Lithuanian), литар (litar) [masculine] (Macedonian), liter (Malay), rita (Maori), литр (litr) (Mongolian), liter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), liter [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), لیتر (litr) (Persian), litr [masculine] (Polish), litro [masculine] (Portuguese), литр (litr) [masculine] (Russian), liotair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), литар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), litar [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), litru [masculine] (Sicilian), ලීටර් (līṭar) (Sinhalese), liter [masculine] (Slovak), liter [masculine] (Slovene), litro [masculine] (Spanish), lita (Swahili), liter [common-gender] (Swedish), litro (Tagalog), литр (litr) (Tajik), liter (Tatar), లీటరు (līṭaru) (Telugu), ลิตร (lít) (Thai), ཤིང་ཚེ (english: shing tshe) (Tibetan), གཞལ་ཚད་ཞིག (gzhal tshad zhig) (Tibetan), ཧྲེང (hreng) (Tibetan), བྲེ (bre) (Tibetan), litre (Turkish), litr (Turkmen), літр (litr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), لیٹر (līṭar) [masculine] (Urdu), litr (Uzbek), lít (Vietnamese), litr (Welsh), ליטער (liter) [masculine] (Yiddish), lítà (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-litre-en-noun-HCLZudxi Disambiguation of Units of measure: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'unit of fluid measure': 96 4
  2. (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-litre-en-noun-JuMi-lex
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: liter [US]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "litro"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "liiter"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "litre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "litro"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "liṭri",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "ლიტრი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "líter",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "līṭar",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "liter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lítri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "litro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "liter"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lítear"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rittoru",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "㍑"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Jarai",
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        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "litr",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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        },
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "liit",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "លីត្រ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "riteo",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "리터"
        },
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "ltir",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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        },
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          "roman": "litr",
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          "word": "литр"
        },
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lit",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "ລິດ"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "litar",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "литар"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "liter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "rita"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "litr",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "литр"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "liter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "liter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "litr",
          "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
          "word": "لیتر"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "լիտր"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "llitru"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "word": "litr"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "літр"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "liṭar",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "লিটার"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litr"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lítǎr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lita",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "လီတာ"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litre"
    },
    {
      "code": "dtp",
      "lang": "Central Dusun",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sing¹",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "升"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "gung¹ sing¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "公升"
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      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "gunšɨn",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēng",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "升"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngshēng",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "公升"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "litr"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liter"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litro"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liiter"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "litro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "liṭri",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "ლიტრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lítro",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "λίτρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "líter",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לִיטר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "līṭar",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "लीटर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lítri"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lítear"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rittoru",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "リットル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rittoru",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "㍑"
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    {
      "code": "jra",
      "lang": "Jarai",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "lit"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "литр"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "liit",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "លីត្រ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "riteo",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "리터"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "ltir",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "لتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "литр"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lit",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "ລິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litras"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "litar",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "литар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "rita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "литр"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "لیتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "литр"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liotair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "литар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litar"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litru"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "līṭar",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "ලීටර්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "lita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "литр"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "līṭaru",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "లీటరు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lít",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "ลิตร"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "shing tshe",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "ཤིང་ཚེ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gzhal tshad zhig",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "གཞལ་ཚད་ཞིག"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "hreng",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "ཧྲེང"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "bre",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "བྲེ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litr"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "litr",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "літр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "līṭar",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لیٹر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litr"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "lít"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "litr"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "liter",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ליטער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "unit of fluid measure",
      "word": "lítà"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "litre"
  ],
  "word": "litre"
}

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