Phrase guide

square metre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A standard unit of area, regardless of its shape, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one metre long (that is, an area one meter square) Symbol: m2

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A floor 4 metres square contains four squared square metres.
  • There's not nearly enough mortar for thirty-two square metres of wall.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a centare is 1/100th of an are

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: square meter, centare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: area unit, square measure

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِتْرٌ مُرَبَّعٌ (mitrun murabbaʕun) — standard unit of area
  • Basque: metro karratu — standard unit of area
  • Basque: metro koadro — standard unit of area
  • Belarusian: квадра́тны метр (kvadrátny mjetr) — standard unit of area
  • Belarusian: квадра́тны мэ́тар (kvadrátny métar) — standard unit of area
  • Catalan: metre quadrat — standard unit of area
  • Chinese Cantonese: 平方米 (ping4 fong1 mai5) — standard unit of area
  • Chinese Cantonese: 平方公尺 (ping4 fong1 gung1 cek3) — standard unit of area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ) — standard unit of area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平方公尺 (píngfāng gōngchǐ) — standard unit of area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平米 (píngmǐ) — standard unit of area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平方 (píngfāng) — standard unit of area
  • Czech: metr čtverečný — standard unit of area
  • Czech: metr čtvereční — standard unit of area
  • Danish: kvadratmeter — standard unit of area
  • Dutch: vierkante meter — standard unit of area
  • Esperanto: kvadratmetro — standard unit of area
  • Esperanto: kvadrata metro — standard unit of area
  • Estonian: ruutkilomeeter — standard unit of area
  • Finnish: neliömetri — standard unit of area
  • French: mètre carré — standard unit of area
  • Galician: metro cadrado — standard unit of area
  • Georgian: კვადრატული მეტრი (ḳvadraṭuli meṭri) — standard unit of area
  • German: Quadratmeter — standard unit of area
  • Greek: τετραγωνικό μέτρο (tetragonikó métro) — standard unit of area
  • Hungarian: négyzetméter — standard unit of area
  • Icelandic: fermetri — standard unit of area
  • Indonesian: meter persegi — standard unit of area
  • Ingrian: kvadrattimetra — standard unit of area
  • Italian: metro quadrato — standard unit of area
  • Italian: metro quadro — standard unit of area
  • Japanese: 平方メートル (heihō-mētoru) — standard unit of area
  • Japanese: 平米 (heibei) — standard unit of area
  • Kazakh: шаршы метр (şarşy metr) — standard unit of area
  • Khmer: ម៉ែត្រការ៉េ (maet kaa reɛ) — standard unit of area
  • Khmer: ម៉ែត្រក្រឡា (maet krɑlaa) — standard unit of area
  • Korean: 제곱미터 (jegommiteo) — standard unit of area
  • Korean: 평방미터 (pyeongbangmiteo) — standard unit of area
  • Korean: 평방메터 (pyeongbangmeteo) — standard unit of area
  • Lao: ແມັດມົນທົນ (mæt mon thon) — standard unit of area
  • Latvian: kvadrātmetrs — standard unit of area
  • Lithuanian: kvadratinis metras — standard unit of area
  • Macedonian: квадратен метар (kvadraten metar) — standard unit of area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadratmeter — standard unit of area
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadratmeter — standard unit of area
  • Polish: metr kwadratowy — standard unit of area
  • Portuguese: metro quadrado — standard unit of area
  • Romanian: metru pătrat — standard unit of area
  • Russian: квадра́тный метр (kvadrátnyj metr) — standard unit of area
  • Northern Sami: njealjehasmehter — standard unit of area
  • Scottish Gaelic: meatair ceàrnagach — standard unit of area
  • Slovak: štvorcový meter — standard unit of area
  • Spanish: metro cuadrado — standard unit of area
  • Swahili: mita ya mraba — standard unit of area
  • Swedish: kvadratmeter — standard unit of area
  • Swedish: kvm — standard unit of area
  • Thai: ตารางเมตร — standard unit of area
  • Turkish: metrekare — standard unit of area
  • Ukrainian: квадра́тний ме́тр (kvadrátnyj métr) — standard unit of area
  • Vietnamese: mét vuông — standard unit of area
  • Zhuang: bingzfanghmij — standard unit of area