litre

• liter (American)

From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin libra.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

litre (plural litres) (chiefly British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian / NZ spelling)

1. The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ

   You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.

2. (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.

• The litre is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with SI units. The official SI symbols are the capital or lower-case roman L. The script symbol ℓ, while not officially sanctioned, was sometimes used in non-technical contexts to prevent the lower-case roman l from being confused with 1, the number one.

• litre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• liter, relit, tiler

From French litre.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tɾe/

litre m (plural litres)

1. litre

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

From Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).

• IPA^(key): /litʁ/

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litre m (plural litres)

1. litre

• litron

• “litre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• relit

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲitʲɾʲə/

litre f

1. (archaic) Alternative form of litreach: genitive singular of litir
2. (archaic) Alternative form of litreacha: nominative plural of litir

• "litre" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Borrowed from French litre.

litre m (plural litres)

1. (Jersey) litre