"מטר" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /maːˈtˤaːr/ [Biblical-Hebrew], [maːˈtˤaːr] [Biblical-Hebrew], /mɔˈtˤɔr/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [mɔːˈtˤɔːrˤ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /maˈtaʁ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: מָטָר [canonical], matár [romanization], מְטָרִים [indefinite, plural], מְטַר־ [construct, singular], מִטְרֵי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Aramaic ܡܛܪܐ, מִטְרָא (miṭrā), Arabic مَطَر (maṭar). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|מ־ט־ר}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|}} Proto-Semitic [Term?], {{cog|arc|ܡܛܪܐ}} Aramaic ܡܛܪܐ, {{cog|ar|مَطَر}} Arabic مَطَر (maṭar) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=מְטַר|g=m|pat=קָטָל|pl=מְטָרִים|plcons=מִטְרֵי|tr=matár|wv=מָטָר}} מָטָר • (matár) m (plural indefinite מְטָרִים, singular construct מְטַר־, plural construct מִטְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]
  1. (literary, meteorology) rain Tags: literary Synonyms: גֶּשֶׁם Derived forms: מטרייה (mitriyá) (english: umbrella), מָטָר מֵטֵאוֹרִים (matár-mete'órim)
    Sense id: en-מטר-he-noun-MZtExXCk Categories (other): Meteorology, Hebrew terms belonging to the root מ־ט־ר, Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל, Rain Disambiguation of Rain: 83 0 17 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: מֶטֶר [canonical], méter [romanization], מֶטְרִים [indefinite, plural]
Etymology: From French mètre and cognates, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”). Etymology templates: {{der|he|fr|mètre}} French mètre, {{der|he|grc|μέτρον||measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pl=מֶטְרִים|tr=méter|wv=מֶטֶר}} מֶטֶר • (méter) m (plural indefinite מֶטְרִים)
  1. metre
    Sense id: en-מטר-he-noun-s1zk~XyP
  2. (colloquial) measuring tape Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-מטר-he-noun-PrrGBYQR Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, SI units Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 6 4 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 6 3 55 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 78 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 17 23 60 Disambiguation of SI units: 20 4 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: סִימֶטְרִי (english: symmetrical)
Etymology number: 2
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