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A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the carpenter should have used his tape measure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tape, tapeline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
شَرْيِط قِيَاس
(šaryiṭ qiyās)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Arabic:
مازورة
(mazura)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Bulgarian:
шивашки метър
(šivaški metǎr)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Bulgarian:
рулетка
(ruletka)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Catalan:
cinta mètrica
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Chinese Mandarin:
捲尺 /卷尺
(juǎnchǐ)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Chinese Mandarin:
皮尺
(píchǐ)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Czech:
metr
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Czech:
pásmo
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Czech:
svinovací metr
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Danish:
målebånd
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Dutch:
meetlint
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Dutch:
centimeter
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Dutch:
rolmaat (self-retracting)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Esperanto:
mezurbendo
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Estonian:
mõõdulint
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Finnish:
mittanauha
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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French:
mètre ruban
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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French:
ruban à mesurer
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Georgian:
საზომი ლენტი
(sazomi lenṭi)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Georgian:
ხვეულა
(xveula)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Georgian:
რულეტი
(ruleṭi)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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German:
Maßband
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Greek:
μεζούρα
(mezoúra)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Greek:
μετροταινία
(metrotainía)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Hebrew:
סרט מידה
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Hindi:
मापक फीता
(māpak phītā)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Hungarian:
mérőszalag
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Hungarian:
centiméter
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Hungarian:
centi
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Icelandic:
málband
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Indonesian:
pita ukur
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Irish:
miosúr
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Italian:
metro a nastro
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Japanese:
メジャー
(mejā)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Japanese:
巻き尺
(makijaku)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Kannada:
ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ
(aḷate paṭṭi)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Khmer:
ម៉ែត្រមូរ
(maet muu)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Khmer:
ម៉ែត្រសំពត់
(maet sɑmpʊət)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Korean:
줄자
(julja)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Macedonian:
метро
(metro)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Malay:
pita ukur
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Māori:
taura ine
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Māori:
rūri tākai
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Mongolian:
метр
(metr)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Mongolian:
эвхдэг метр
(evxdeg metr)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Mongolian:
ороомол тохой
(oroomol toxoj)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Navajo:
bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Norwegian Bokmål:
målebånd
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Plautdietsch:
Motbaunt
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Polish:
taśma miernicza
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Polish:
metrówka
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Polish:
miarka
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Portuguese:
fita métrica
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Portuguese:
trena
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Romanian:
ruletă
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Russian:
метр
(metr)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Russian:
сантиме́тр
(santimétr)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Russian:
ме́рная ле́нта
(mérnaja lénta)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Russian:
руле́тка
(rulétka)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Scottish Gaelic:
ribean-tomhais
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Serbo-Croatian:
метални метар
(metalni metar)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Spanish:
metro
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Spanish:
cinta métrica
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Spanish:
flexómetro
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Spanish:
güincha
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Spanish:
lienza
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Spanish:
wincha
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Swedish:
måttband
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Tagalog:
medida
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Tagalog:
panukat
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Tamil:
அளக்கும் நாடா
(aḷakkum nāṭā)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Telugu:
టేప్ కొలత
(ṭēp kolata)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Thai:
สายวัด
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Thai:
ตลับเมตร
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Tibetan:
ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ
(khre rtse sgril ma)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Tibetan:
སྒྲིལ་ཁྲེ
(sgril khre)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Tibetan:
དྲིལ་ཁྲུ
(dril khru)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Turkish:
şerit metre
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Ottoman Turkish:
مساحه شریدی
(mesaha şeridi)
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Vietnamese:
thước dây
— graduated ribbon for length measurement
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Welsh:
tâp mesur
— graduated ribbon for length measurement