"-metro" meaning in Spanish

See -metro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /metɾo/, [me.t̪ɾo] Forms: -metros [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. Spanish -metro Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:lbor|grc:μέτρον<id:measure>|id=-meter|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. Spanish -metro [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "measure", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "measure", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*meh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tron", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μέτρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-metro", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="-meter" data-lang="es" data-title="-metro" id="Spanish:_-meter"> Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)
  1. -meter Tags: masculine, morpheme

Inflected forms

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    [
      "*meh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-#Proto-Indo-European:_measure"
    ],
    [
      "*-tḗr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tḗr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-trom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-trom#Proto-Indo-European:_tool_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-tron",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/-tron#Proto-Hellenic:_instrument"
    ],
    [
      "-τρον",
      "-τρον#Ancient_Greek:_instrument"
    ],
    [
      "μέτρον",
      "μέτρον#Ancient_Greek:_measure"
    ],
    [
      "μέτρον",
      "μέτρον#Ancient_Greek:_measure"
    ]
  ],
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        "tree": "1"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-metros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
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      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-me‧tro"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "me‧tro"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
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          "-meter"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/metɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me.t̪ɾo]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-metro"
}
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    [
      "*meh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-#Proto-Indo-European:_measure"
    ],
    [
      "*-tḗr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tḗr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-trom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-trom#Proto-Indo-European:_tool_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-tron",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/-tron#Proto-Hellenic:_instrument"
    ],
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      "-τρον#Ancient_Greek:_instrument"
    ],
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    ],
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      "μέτρον#Ancient_Greek:_measure"
    ]
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      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-metros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  ],
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    {
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        "me‧tro"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
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        "Spanish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine suffixes",
        "Spanish noun-forming suffixes",
        "Spanish suffixes",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁-",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
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        "-meter"
      ],
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/metɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me.t̪ɾo]"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-metro"
  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-metro",
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}

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