-metro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "metro"

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Suffix

-metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)

1. -meter

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -metro

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Suffix

-metro m

1. -meter

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -metro

Anagrams

• merto, morte, termo-, torme, tremo, tremò

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /me.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /me.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /me.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /mɨ.tɾu/

Suffix

-metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)

1. -meter (forms the names of measuring devices)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -metro

References

• “-metro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “-metro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Suffix

-metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)

1. -meter

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -metro

Further reading

• “‒́metro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10