metre

/ˈmitə/MEE-tur

/ˈmitɚ/MEE-tur

Meaninga measure

Common meaning: the beat and pattern of a line of poetry

metrea measure, a rule for measuringLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 957 · scan

Journey through time

Greekμέτρον‘a measure’source
Latinmetrum‘verse measure’source
Frenchmetre‘metre’source
Englishmetre‘the beat and pattern of a line of poetry’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Greek μέτρον ‘a measure, a rule for measuring’.

Roots

μέτρον Greek “a measure, a rule for measuring”

Related words

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