metra
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Ancient Greek μήτρα (mḗtra, “womb”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmetra (plural metrae)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Ancient Greek μέτρα (métra), plural of μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Noun
editmetra (plural metras)
- (historical) A pocket instrument combining a thermometer, level, plummet, and lens.
Anagrams
editFaroese
editNoun
editmetra
Ingrian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian метр (metr).
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmetrɑ/, [ˈme̞dr]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmetrɑ/, [ˈme̞d̥rɑ]
- Rhymes: -etr, -etrɑ
- Hyphenation: met‧ra
Noun
editmetra
- metre
- 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- Toiset pittuusyksiköt ovat siottu metranka sil viisii:
- The other units of length are related to the metre as follows:
Declension
editDeclension of metra (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | metra | metrat |
genitive | metran | metroin |
partitive | metraa | metroja |
illative | metraa | metroi |
inessive | metraas | metrois |
elative | metrast | metroist |
allative | metralle | metroille |
adessive | metraal | metroil |
ablative | metralt | metroilt |
translative | metraks | metroiks |
essive | metranna, metraan | metroinna, metroin |
exessive1) | metrant | metroint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Derived terms
editLatin
editNoun
editmetra
References
edit- metra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editmetra n
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editmetra n
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmetra f (plural metras)
Further reading
edit- “metra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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