metro

metro

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of metro in English

English Online Dictionary. What means metro‎? What does metro mean?

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɹəʊ

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.

Alternative forms

  • métro

Noun

metro (plural metros)

  1. (general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
    Synonyms: (US, Canada, Scotland, South Africa) subway, (London) underground, underground railway, (London slang) Tube, tube
  2. (less common) An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of metropolitan.

Noun

metro (plural metros)

  1. A metropolitan area.

Adjective

metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

  1. metropolitan
Derived terms
  • Metro Vancouver
Related terms
  • metrosexual

Anagrams

  • Moret, rot me, Termo, Tormé, Tomer

Aragonese

Noun

metro m

  1. metre

Catalan

Etymology

Clipping of metropolità.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.tɾu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈmɛ.tɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.tɾo]

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. metro (train)

Further reading

  • “metro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

metro

  1. metro, underground railway

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtro]

Noun

metro n

  1. metro, subway (underground railway)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro, from métropolitain in chemin de fer métropolitain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.troː/
  • Hyphenation: me‧tro

Noun

metro m (plural metro's, diminutive metrootje n)

  1. an underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro
  2. an underground-railway train

Derived terms

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetro/
  • Rhymes: -etro
  • Hyphenation: me‧tro

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From French métro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetro/, [ˈme̞t̪ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -etro
  • Hyphenation(key): met‧ro

Noun

metro

  1. an underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro
    Synonym: maanalainen

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “metro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • termo-

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛtɾo/ [ˈmɛ.t̪ɾʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɾo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (measure) meter
  2. (measuring instruments) tape measure, measuring tape
  3. (poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (transport) metro
    Synonym: metropolitano

Further reading

  • “metro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetro/

Noun

metro (plural metri)

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtro
  • Hyphenation: mè‧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, measure
  3. yardstick, criterion
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of metropolitana.

Noun

metro f (invariable)

  1. subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)
    Synonym: metrò

Anagrams

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

Latin

Noun

metrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of metrum

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.trɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtrɔ
  • Syllabification: me‧tro

Noun

metro n

  1. underground, subway, metro (underground railway)

Declension

Further reading

  • metro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • metro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧tro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (measure) metre
Coordinate terms
  • vara (historical Portuguese equivalent), jarda (American equivalent)
Derived terms
  • metragem
Descendants
  • → Kadiwéu: meetilo

Etymology 2

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

Alternative forms

  • metrô (Brazil)

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (Portugal) underground, subway
    Synonym: metropolitano

Romanian

Noun

metro n (plural metrouri)

  1. Alternative form of metrou

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mètrō m (Cyrillic spelling мѐтро̄)

  1. metro

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmetrɔ]

Noun

metro n

  1. metro

Declension

Further reading

  • “metro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɾo/ [ˈme.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -etɾo
  • Syllabification: me‧tro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (measure) meter
  2. (measuring instruments) tape measure, measuring tape
    Synonym: cinta métrica
  3. (measuring instruments) folding rule
    Synonym: metro plegable
  4. (poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)
Coordinate terms
  • (unit of length): vara (historical Spanish equivalent)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Tagalog: metro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

Noun

metro m (plural metros)

  1. (transport) metro
    Synonym: (Argentina) subte
Derived terms

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

Anagrams

  • Moret, temor, termo, Torme, tremo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish metro.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmetɾo/ [ˈmɛː.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -etɾo
  • Syllabification: me‧tro

Noun

metro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. meter (unit of length)
  2. meter (measuring instrument)
    Synonym: kontador
  3. (by extension) taximeter
  4. (by extension) tape measure, measuring tape

Related terms

See also

Turkish

Etymology 1

From French métro.

Noun

metro (definite accusative metroyu, plural metrolar)

  1. subway

Etymology 2

From Italian metro.

Noun

metro (definite accusative metroyu, plural metrolar)

  1. meter, metre

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “metro”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English metro.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [me˧˧ t͡ɕo˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mej˧˧ ʈow˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mej˧˧ ʈow˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: mê trô

Noun

metro

  1. metro (system or train)

Bookmark
share
WebDictionary.net is an Free English Dictionary containing information about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, translations, etymology and more.

Related Words

metropolitan

Browse the English Dictionary

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

License

This article based on an article on Wiktionary. The list of authors can be seen in the page history there. The original work has been modified. This article is distributed under the terms of this license.