metro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "metro"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

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
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of metropolitan.

Noun

metro (plural metros)

  1. A metropolitan area.

Adjective

metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

  1. Metropolitan.

Anagrams

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

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛtro/

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

  • Audio(file)

Noun

metro

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

Declension

Inflection of metro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative metro metrot
genitive metron metrojen
partitive metroa metroja
illative metroon metroihin
singular plural
nominative metro metrot
accusative nom. metro metrot
gen. metron
genitive metron metrojen
partitive metroa metroja
inessive metrossa metroissa
elative metrosta metroista
illative metroon metroihin
adessive metrolla metroilla
ablative metrolta metroilta
allative metrolle metroille
essive metrona metroina
translative metroksi metroiksi
instructive — metroin
abessive metrotta metroitta
comitative — metroineen

Synonyms

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tro/, [ˈmɛːt̪r̺o]
  • Stress: mètro
  • Hyphenation: me‧tro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

metro m (plural metri)

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of metropolitana.

Noun

metro f (invariable)

  1. subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)
Synonyms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

metrō

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.trɔ/
  • audio(file)

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
Descendants
  • Kadiwéu: meetilo

Etymology 2

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛtrɔ/

Noun

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

  1. metro

Declension

Further reading

  • metro in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology 1

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

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

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (transport) metro

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish metro.

Noun

metro

  1. (units of measure) meter
  2. (measuring instrument) meter

Veps

Noun

metro

  1. metro (underground railway)

Inflection

Inflection of metro
nominative sing. metro
genitive sing. metron
partitive sing. metrod
partitive plur. metroid
singular plural
nominative metro metrod
accusative metron metrod
genitive metron metroiden
partitive metrod metroid
essive-instructive metron metroin
translative metroks metroikš
inessive metros metroiš
elative metrospäi metroišpäi
illative ? metroihe
adessive metrol metroil
ablative metrolpäi metroilpäi
allative metrole metroile
abessive metrota metroita
comitative metronke metroidenke
prolative metrodme metroidme
approximative I metronno metroidenno
approximative II metronnoks metroidennoks
egressive metronnopäi metroidennopäi
terminative I ? metroihesai
terminative II metrolesai metroilesai
terminative III metrossai —
additive I ? metroihepäi
additive II metrolepäi metroilepäi

References

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