Standard Lemma guide

-meter

suffix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • -mĭ-tər
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /-mɪ.tə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /-mɪ.təɹ/
  • New-Zealand: /-mə.tə/
  • Scotland: /-mɪ.təɾ/
  • India: /-mɪ.ʈɜː(ɾ)/
  • India: /-mɪ.ʈəɾ/

1

suffix

Meaning 1

Used to form the names of measuring devices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter Borrowed from French -mètre, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: -metru — used to form a measuring device
  • Azerbaijani: ölçən — used to form a measuring device
  • Catalan: -metre — used to form a measuring device
  • Danish: -meter — used to form a measuring device
  • Dutch: -meter — used to form a measuring device
  • Finnish: -metri — used to form a measuring device
  • French: -mètre — used to form a measuring device
  • Galician: -metro — used to form a measuring device
  • Georgian: -მეტრი (-meṭri) — used to form a measuring device
  • German: -meter — used to form a measuring device
  • Greek: -μετρο (-metro) — used to form a measuring device
  • Hebrew: מַד־ (mád-) — used to form a measuring device
  • Hebrew: ־מטר (-méter) — used to form a measuring device
  • Hungarian: -mérő — used to form a measuring device
  • Irish: -méadar — used to form a measuring device
  • Italian: -metro — used to form a measuring device
  • Japanese: 計 (kei) — used to form a measuring device
  • Korean: 계 (gye) — used to form a measuring device
  • Central Kurdish: -پێو (-pêw) — used to form a measuring device
  • Northern Kurdish: -pîv — used to form a measuring device
  • Persian: ـسنج (-sanj) — used to form a measuring device
  • Polish: -mierz — used to form a measuring device
  • Polish: -metr — used to form a measuring device
  • Portuguese: -metro — used to form a measuring device
  • Romanian: -metru — used to form a measuring device
  • Russian: -ме́р (-mér) — used to form a measuring device
  • Russian: -метр (-metr) — used to form a measuring device
  • Spanish: -metro — used to form a measuring device
  • Swedish: -meter — used to form a measuring device