"metro" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmetɾo/, [ˈme.t̪ɾo] Forms: metros [plural]
Rhymes: -etɾo Etymology: Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymology templates: {{wp|lang=es}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|fr|mètre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French mètre, {{bor+|es|fr|mètre}} Borrowed from French mètre, {{der|es|grc|μέτρον||measure}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} metro m (plural metros)
  1. (measure) meter Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-metro-es-noun-Xv8yKhvU
  2. (measuring instruments) tape measure, measuring tape Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, SI units Synonyms: cinta métrica
    Sense id: en-metro-es-noun-kKDDwKrL Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 4 74 12 11 Disambiguation of SI units: 17 71 8 4 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 89 8 2
  3. (measuring instruments) folding rule Tags: masculine Synonyms: metro plegable
    Sense id: en-metro-es-noun-VodoRvc1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metro cuadrado, metro cúbico, once metros, siete metros Coordinate_terms (unit of length): vara (english: historical Spanish equivalent)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'unit of length': 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈmetɾo/, [ˈme.t̪ɾo] Forms: metros [plural]
Rhymes: -etɾo Etymology: Borrowed from French métro, clipping of métropolitain, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Etymology templates: {{wp|Metro (sistema de transporte)|Metro (transport)|lang=es}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|fr|métro|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French métro, {{bor+|es|fr|métro}} Borrowed from French métro, {{m|fr|métropolitain}} métropolitain, {{der|es|grc|μήτηρ|t=mother}} Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”), {{m|grc|πόλις|t=city}} πόλις (pólis, “city”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} metro m (plural metros)
  1. (transport) metro Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Transport, Rail transportation Synonyms: subte
    Sense id: en-metro-es-noun-C8hR2OiG Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 1 5 3 90 Topics: transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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