Metro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "metro"

English

Etymology

From Indonesian Metro.

Proper noun

Metro

1. A city in Lampung, Indonesia

Translations

Translations

• Indonesian: Metro
• Marathi: मेत्रो (metro)

Anagrams

• Moret, Tomer, rot me, Termo, Tormé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro, a clipping of métropolitan.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Metro f (genitive Metro, plural Metros)

1. metro

   Das 20. Jahrhundert wird eingeleitet durch den Brand im Pariser Metro im Jahre 1903, wo 90 Tote zu beklagen waren.

   The 20th century was ushered in by a fire in the Paris Metro in the year 1903, where 90 fatalities were reported.

Usage Note

For the German metros usually S-Bahn and U-Bahn are used.

Declension

Declension of Metro [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Metro	die	Metros
genitive	einer	der	Metro	der	Metros
dative	einer	der	Metro	den	Metros
accusative	eine	die	Metro	die	Metros

Further reading

• “Metro” in Duden online

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English metro, from French métro, short for métropole, from Latin mētropolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmetɾo/ [ˈmɛt̪.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -etɾo
• Syllabification: Met‧ro

Noun

Metro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. metropolis

   Synonyms: kalakhan, punong lungsod, kabisera, kapitolyo

Usage notes

Commonly added with city names like Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao.

See also

• metro