See metre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tpi",
"2": "mita"
},
"expansion": "Tok Pisin: mita",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tok Pisin: mita"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "မီတာ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: မီတာ (mita)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: မီတာ (mita)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "米突",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "mǐtū, mǐtú"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 米突 (mǐtū, mǐtú)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 米突 (mǐtū, mǐtú)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "メーター",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "mētā"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: メーター (mētā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: メーター (mētā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "미터",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 미터 (miteo)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "South Korea"
},
"expansion": "(South Korea)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "North Korea",
"2": "China"
},
"expansion": "(North Korea, China)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 미터 (miteo) (South Korea), 메터 (meteo) (North Korea, China)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "mita",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: mita",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: mita"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "si",
"2": "මීටර්",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sinhalese: මීටර් (mīṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sinhalese: මීටර් (mīṭar)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "mita",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: mita",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: mita"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "mítà",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Yoruba: mítà",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Yoruba: mítà"
}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "mètre",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "French mètre",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "μέτρον",
"4": "",
"5": "measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "meter",
"3": "metron",
"4": "mether"
},
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"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "metres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meter",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
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"hyphenation": [
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"pos": "noun",
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"_dis": "63 37",
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{
"_dis": "40 33 20 6",
"kind": "other",
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{
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{
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"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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{
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{
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"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
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{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
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{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
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{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Jarai translations",
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{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Kannada translations",
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{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
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{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
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{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
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{
"_dis": "57 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
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{
"_dis": "57 43",
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{
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{
"_dis": "65 35",
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{
"_dis": "65 35",
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{
"_dis": "56 44",
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{
"_dis": "56 44",
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"_dis": "67 33",
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{
"_dis": "56 44",
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"Sciences",
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{
"word": "1,000-metre"
},
{
"word": "1000 metre"
},
{
"word": "1000-metre"
},
{
"word": "cubic metre"
},
{
"word": "kilogram-metre"
},
{
"word": "linear metre"
},
{
"word": "metre gauge"
},
{
"word": "metre-gauge"
},
{
"word": "metre-kilogramme-second"
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{
"word": "metre-kilogram-second"
},
{
"word": "metre per second"
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{
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{
"word": "metre-tonne-second"
},
{
"word": "metre-ton-second"
},
{
"word": "metric"
},
{
"word": "metrication"
},
{
"word": "metrology"
},
{
"word": "newton metre"
},
{
"word": "square metre"
},
{
"word": "centimetre"
},
{
"word": "decametre"
},
{
"word": "decimetre"
},
{
"word": "hectometre"
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{
"word": "kilometre"
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{
"word": "millimetre"
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{
"text": "Holonym: kilometre"
},
{
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},
{
"ref": "1797, The Monthly magazine and British register, number 3:",
"text": "The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.",
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},
{
"ref": "1873 April, The Young Englishwoman:",
"text": "A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1928 April 15, The Observer:",
"text": "The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches."
],
"id": "en-metre-en-noun-en:Q11573",
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[
"unit",
"unit"
],
[
"length",
"length"
],
[
"International System of Units",
"International System of Units"
],
[
"imperial",
"imperial system"
],
[
"inch",
"inch"
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{
"word": "Appendix on SI Units"
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{
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{
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "metr",
"sense": "unit of length",
"word": "метр"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "unit of length",
"word": "meter"
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"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Bashkir translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Burmese translations",
"Terms with Cantonese translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dungan translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Faroese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Gujarati translations",
"Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
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"Terms with Hebrew translations",
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"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hokkien translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Ido translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Interlingua translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Jarai translations",
"Terms with Kannada translations",
"Terms with Kazakh translations",
"Terms with Khmer translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
"Terms with Lao translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
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"Terms with Macedonian translations",
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"Terms with Malayalam translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"Terms with Mongolian translations",
"Terms with Mòcheno translations",
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"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
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"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
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"Terms with Urdu translations",
"Terms with Uyghur translations",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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