"square metre" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: square metres [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} square metre (plural square metres)
  1. A standard unit of area, regardless of its shape, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one metre long (that is, an area one meter square) Symbol: m² Categories (topical): SI units Synonyms: [symbol], centiare, square meter [US] Translations (standard unit of area): مِتْرٌ مُرَبَّعٌ (mitrun murabbaʕun) [masculine] (Arabic), metro karratu [inanimate] (Basque), metro koadro [inanimate] (Basque), квадра́тны метр (kvadrátny mjetr) [masculine] (Belarusian), квадра́тны мэ́тар (kvadrátny métar) [masculine] (Belarusian), metre quadrat [masculine] (Catalan), 平方米 (ping⁴ fong¹ mai⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 平方公尺 (ping⁴ fong¹ gung¹ cek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 平方公尺 (píngfāng gōngchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 平米 (píngmǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 平方 (píngfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), metr čtverečný [masculine] (Czech), metr čtvereční [masculine] (Czech), kvadratmeter [common-gender] (Danish), vierkante meter [masculine] (Dutch), kvadratmetro (Esperanto), kvadrata metro (Esperanto), ruutkilomeeter (Estonian), neliömetri (Finnish), mètre carré [masculine] (French), metro cadrado [masculine] (Galician), კვადრატული მეტრი (ḳvadraṭuli meṭri) (Georgian), Quadratmeter [masculine] (German), τετραγωνικό μέτρο (tetragonikó métro) [neuter] (Greek), négyzetméter (Hungarian), fermetri [masculine] (Icelandic), meter persegi (Indonesian), kvadrattimetra (Ingrian), metro quadrato [masculine] (Italian), metro quadro [masculine] (Italian), 平方メートル (heihō-mētoru) (Japanese), 平米 (heibei) (alt: へいべい) (Japanese), ម៉ែត្រការ៉េ (maet kaa reɛ) (Khmer), ម៉ែត្រក្រឡា (maet krɑlaa) (Khmer), 평방 미터 (pyeongbang miteo) (Korean), ແມັດມົນທົນ (mæt mon thon) (Lao), kvadrātmetrs [masculine] (Latvian), kvadratinis metras [masculine] (Lithuanian), квадратен метар (kvadraten metar) [masculine] (Macedonian), njealjehasmehter (Northern Sami), kvadratmeter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvadratmeter [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), metr kwadratowy [masculine] (Polish), metro quadrado [masculine] (Portuguese), metru pătrat [masculine] (Romanian), квадра́тный метр (kvadrátnyj metr) [masculine] (Russian), meatair ceàrnagach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), štvorcový meter [masculine] (Slovak), metro cuadrado [masculine] (Spanish), mita ya mraba (Swahili), kvadratmeter [common-gender] (Swedish), kvm [common-gender] (Swedish), ตารางเมตร (Thai), metrekare (Turkish), квадра́тний ме́тр (kvadrátnyj métr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mét vuông (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "standard unit of area",
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          "sense": "standard unit of area",
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          "sense": "standard unit of area",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kvadrátnyj metr",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
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          "word": "квадра́тный метр"
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          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "meatair ceàrnagach"
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          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "štvorcový meter"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "metro cuadrado"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "word": "mita ya mraba"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "kvadratmeter"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "word": "kvm"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "word": "ตารางเมตร"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "word": "metrekare"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kvadrátnyj métr",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "квадра́тний ме́тр"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "standard unit of area",
          "word": "mét vuông"
        }
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  "word": "square metre"
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
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          "text": "As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.",
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        "masculine"
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      "roman": "kvadrátny mjetr",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "квадра́тны метр"
    },
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      "roman": "kvadrátny métar",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "квадра́тны мэ́тар"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "metre quadrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ping⁴ fong¹ mai⁵",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "平方米"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ping⁴ fong¹ gung¹ cek³",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "平方公尺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngfāngmǐ",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "平方米"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngfāng gōngchǐ",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "平方公尺"
    },
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      "sense": "standard unit of area",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "metr čtverečný"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "metr čtvereční"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kvadratmeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "vierkante meter"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "kvadratmetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "kvadrata metro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "ruutkilomeeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "neliömetri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mètre carré"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "metro cadrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳvadraṭuli meṭri",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "კვადრატული მეტრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Quadratmeter"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tetragonikó métro",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "τετραγωνικό μέτρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "négyzetméter"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fermetri"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "meter persegi"
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "kvadrattimetra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metro quadrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metro quadro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heihō-mētoru",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "平方メートル"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へいべい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heibei",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "平米"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "maet kaa reɛ",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "ម៉ែត្រការ៉េ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "maet krɑlaa",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "ម៉ែត្រក្រឡា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeongbang miteo",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "평방 미터"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mæt mon thon",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "ແມັດມົນທົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvadrātmetrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvadratinis metras"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kvadraten metar",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "квадратен метар"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "njealjehasmehter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvadratmeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvadratmeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metr kwadratowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metro quadrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metru pătrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kvadrátnyj metr",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "квадра́тный метр"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meatair ceàrnagach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štvorcový meter"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metro cuadrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "mita ya mraba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvadratmeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvm"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "ตารางเมตร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "metrekare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kvadrátnyj métr",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "квадра́тний ме́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "standard unit of area",
      "word": "mét vuông"
    }
  ],
  "word": "square metre"
}

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