German

Noun

Metro f

1. metro

English

Noun

metro ‎(plural metros)

1. An underground railway.
2. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. An urban rapid transit light railway
4. A train that runs on such a railway.

Synonyms

• (underground railway): el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of metropolitan.

Noun

metro ‎(plural metros)

1. A metropolitan area.

Adjective

metro ‎(comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

1. Metropolitan.

Aragonese

Noun

metro m

1. metre

Catalan

Noun

metro m ‎(plural metros)

1. metro (train).

Crimean Tatar

Noun

metro

1. metro, underground railway.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Noun

metro n

1. metro, subway (underground railway)

Declension

Esperanto

Noun

metro ‎(accusative singular metron, plural metroj, accusative plural metrojn)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

metro

1. An underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro.

Declension

Synonyms

• maanalainen

Italian

Noun

metro m ‎(plural metri)

1. (unit of measure) metre, meter
2. ruler, ruler, measure
3. yardstick, criterion

Related terms

• centimetro
• chilometro
• decimetro
• metraggio
• metratura
• metrico
• metro cubo
• metrologia
• metro quadro
• millimetro

Noun

metro f ‎(invariable)

1. (short form of metropolitana) subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)

Synonyms

• metrò

Anagrams

• morte
• torme
• tremo, tremò

Latin

Noun

metrō

1. dative singular of metrum
2. ablative singular of metrum

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

metro n

1. underground; subway; metro (underground railway)

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɾu/
• Hyphenation: me‧tro

Etymology 1

From French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον ‎(métron, “measure”).

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. metre (unit of measurement)

Derived terms

• metragem

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: meetilo

Etymology 2

From French métro, apocopic form of métropolitain.

Alternative forms

• metrô (Brazil)

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

1. (Portugal) underground, subway

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mètrō m ‎(Cyrillic spelling мѐтро̄)

1. metro

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From French métro.

Noun

metro n ‎(genitive singular metra, nominative plural metrá, declension pattern of mesto)

1. metro

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον ‎(métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”)

Noun

metro m ‎(plural metros)

1. (units of measure) meter
2. (measuring instruments) measuring tape
3. (measuring instruments) ruler (measuring one meter long)

Etymology 2

French métro, apocopic form of métropolitain, from the Ancient Greek roots μήτηρ ‎(mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις ‎(pólis, “city”).

Noun

metro m ‎(plural metros)

1. (transport) metro

Anagrams

• Moret
• temor
• termo
• Torme
• tremo

Veps

Noun

metro

1. metro (underground railway)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “метро”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika