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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
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
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِتْرٌ مُرَبَّعٌ
(mitrun murabbaʕun)
— standard unit of area
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Basque:
metro karratu
— standard unit of area
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Basque:
metro koadro
— standard unit of area
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Belarusian:
квадра́тны метр
(kvadrátny mjetr)
— standard unit of area
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Belarusian:
квадра́тны мэ́тар
(kvadrátny métar)
— standard unit of area
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Catalan:
metre quadrat
— standard unit of area
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Chinese Cantonese:
平方米
(ping4 fong1 mai5)
— standard unit of area
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Chinese Cantonese:
平方公尺
(ping4 fong1 gung1 cek3)
— standard unit of area
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Chinese Mandarin:
平方米
(píngfāngmǐ)
— standard unit of area
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Chinese Mandarin:
平方公尺
(píngfāng gōngchǐ)
— standard unit of area
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Chinese Mandarin:
平米
(píngmǐ)
— standard unit of area
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Chinese Mandarin:
平方
(píngfāng)
— standard unit of area
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Czech:
metr čtverečný
— standard unit of area
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Czech:
metr čtvereční
— standard unit of area
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Danish:
kvadratmeter
— standard unit of area
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Dutch:
vierkante meter
— standard unit of area
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Esperanto:
kvadratmetro
— standard unit of area
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Esperanto:
kvadrata metro
— standard unit of area
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Estonian:
ruutkilomeeter
— standard unit of area
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Finnish:
neliömetri
— standard unit of area
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French:
mètre carré
— standard unit of area
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Galician:
metro cadrado
— standard unit of area
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Georgian:
კვადრატული მეტრი
(ḳvadraṭuli meṭri)
— standard unit of area
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German:
Quadratmeter
— standard unit of area
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Greek:
τετραγωνικό μέτρο
(tetragonikó métro)
— standard unit of area
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Hungarian:
négyzetméter
— standard unit of area
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Icelandic:
fermetri
— standard unit of area
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Indonesian:
meter persegi
— standard unit of area
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Ingrian:
kvadrattimetra
— standard unit of area
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Italian:
metro quadrato
— standard unit of area
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Italian:
metro quadro
— standard unit of area
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Japanese:
平方メートル
(heihō-mētoru)
— standard unit of area
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Japanese:
平米
(heibei)
— standard unit of area
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Kazakh:
шаршы метр
(şarşy metr)
— standard unit of area
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Khmer:
ម៉ែត្រការ៉េ
(maet kaa reɛ)
— standard unit of area
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Khmer:
ម៉ែត្រក្រឡា
(maet krɑlaa)
— standard unit of area
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Korean:
제곱미터
(jegommiteo)
— standard unit of area
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Korean:
평방미터
(pyeongbangmiteo)
— standard unit of area
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Korean:
평방메터
(pyeongbangmeteo)
— standard unit of area
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Lao:
ແມັດມົນທົນ
(mæt mon thon)
— standard unit of area
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Latvian:
kvadrātmetrs
— standard unit of area
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Lithuanian:
kvadratinis metras
— standard unit of area
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Macedonian:
квадратен метар
(kvadraten metar)
— standard unit of area
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kvadratmeter
— standard unit of area
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvadratmeter
— standard unit of area
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Polish:
metr kwadratowy
— standard unit of area
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Portuguese:
metro quadrado
— standard unit of area
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Romanian:
metru pătrat
— standard unit of area
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Russian:
квадра́тный метр
(kvadrátnyj metr)
— standard unit of area
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Northern Sami:
njealjehasmehter
— standard unit of area
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Scottish Gaelic:
meatair ceàrnagach
— standard unit of area
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Slovak:
štvorcový meter
— standard unit of area
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Spanish:
metro cuadrado
— standard unit of area
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Swahili:
mita ya mraba
— standard unit of area
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Swedish:
kvadratmeter
— standard unit of area
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Swedish:
kvm
— standard unit of area
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Thai:
ตารางเมตร
— standard unit of area
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Turkish:
metrekare
— standard unit of area
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Ukrainian:
квадра́тний ме́тр
(kvadrátnyj métr)
— standard unit of area
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Vietnamese:
mét vuông
— standard unit of area
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Zhuang:
bingzfanghmij
— standard unit of area