metro

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/

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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.

metro (plural metros)

1. An underground railway.
2. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
   • 2000, Frederick Parkins, The NATO Opposition, →ISBN, page 27:

     Recalling that Davide Lungo returned the van at the airport, Pizo descended the nearby stairs to the underground metro, and boarded the next metro stopping there.

   • 2014, Lily Sergueiew, I Worked Alone: Diary of a Double Agent in World War II Europe, →ISBN:

     I hurry to the underground. ... I am waiting for the next metro; I'll take it.

   • 2017, Pam Taylor, 399 Days: Our European Escapade, →ISBN:

     What we entered into here was well lit and had clean silver curvy walls that ended in nice automatic elevators that took you underground. The walls are not infested with graffiti and advertisements; they were clean and shiny. We waited on nice benches until the metro arrived.

3. An urban rapid transit light railway
4. A train that runs on such a railway.
   • 2006, C. A. Brebbia, ‎V. Dolezel, Urban Transport XII: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, page 227:

     Informs how long the passenger has to wait for the next metro

   • 2008, Brandon Wilson, Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace, →ISBN, page 75:

     With the weather clear and warm for a change, I decided to catch the next metro to the outskirts of town by myself.

   • 2015, Pratyush Sinha, Love in Metro: Story of Love and Ego, →ISBN:

     I boarded the Yellow Line Metro, beaming with confidence. I got down at Rajiv Chowk to continue my journey towards Noida City Centre (NCC). The next metro arrived.

• (underground railway): subway, Tube (the London Underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

Abbreviation of metropolitan.

metro (plural metros)

1. a metropolitan area

metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

1. metropolitan

• Moret, Tomer

metro m

1. metre

metro m (plural metros)

1. metro (train)

metro

1. metro, underground railway.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtro/

metro n

1. metro, subway (underground railway)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetro/

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• Rhymes: -etro

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

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

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metro

1. an underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro

   Synonym: maanalainen

• termo-

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetro/

metro (plural metri)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tro/, [ˈmɛːt̪r̺o]
• Stress: mètro
• Hyphenation: me‧tro

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

metro m (plural metri)

1. (unit of measure) metre, meter
2. ruler, ruler, measure
3. yardstick, criterion

Clipping of metropolitana.

metro f (invariable)

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

   Synonym: metrò

• morte, torme, tremo, tremò

metrō

1. dative singular of metrum
2. ablative singular of metrum

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.trɔ/

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metro n

1. underground; subway; metro (underground railway)

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɾu/
• Hyphenation: me‧tro

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

metro m (plural metros)

1. metre (unit of measurement)

• metragem

• Kadiwéu: meetilo

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

• metrô (Brazilian)

metro m (plural metros)

1. (Portugal) underground, subway

mètrō m (Cyrillic spelling мѐтро̄)

1. metro

From French métro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtrɔ/

metro n (genitive singular metra, nominative plural metrá, genitive plural metier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. metro

• metro in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetɾo/, [ˈmet̪ɾo]

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

metro m (plural metros)

1. (units of measure) meter
2. (measuring instruments) measuring tape
3. (measuring instruments) ruler (measuring one meter long)

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

metro m (plural metros)

1. (transport) metro

• Moret, temor, termo, Torme, tremo

Borrowed from Spanish metro.

metro

1. (units of measure) meter
2. (measuring instrument) meter

metro

1. metro (underground railway)

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “метро”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika