Metro

See also Metro, métro, metro-, -metro, and metrò

English

Etymology

The term metro for underground rapid transit originally comes from the name of the Paris underground (Chemin de Fer Métropolitain) which was shortened to métropolitain "metropolitan" and then to métro. The prefix metro comes from the word metropolis from the Greek μήτηρ ( mētēr) "mother" and πόλις (pólis) "city/town" which means is a big city. The term was originally used by the Paris rapid transit system to differentiate it from non-urban railway systems.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/, SAMPA: /"mEtr@U/

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Noun

Singular Metro

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1. An underground railway, in particular that in Paris or Moscow.
2. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. An urban rapid transit light railway
4. A train that runs on such a railway.

Synonyms

• (underground railway): el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

Translations

underground railway

Afrikaans: moltreinspoor af(af) Arabic: مترو ar(ar) (mitru, metro) m. Belarusian: метро be(be) (metró) n. Bulgarian: метро bg(bg) (metró) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 地鐵 cmn(cmn), 地铁 cmn(cmn) (dìtiě), 地下鐵路 cmn(cmn), 地下铁路 cmn(cmn) (dìxià tiělù) Czech: metro cs(cs) m. Dutch: metro nl(nl) m. Esperanto: metroo eo(eo) Finnish: metro fi(fi) French: métro fr(fr) m., métropolitain fr(fr) m. German: Metro de(de) f., Untergrundbahn de(de) f., U-Bahn de(de) f. Greek: μετρό el(el) (metró) n., υπόγειος el(el) (ipóγios) m. Hebrew: מטרו he(he) Hungarian: metró hu(hu), földalatti hu(hu) (underground only)

Italian: metropolitana it(it) f., metrò it(it) m. and f. Japanese: 地下鉄 ja(ja) (ちかてつ, chikatetsu), メトロ ja(ja) (metoro) Korean: 지하철 ko(ko) (jihacheol) (地下鐵) Macedonian: метро mk(mk) (metró) n. Mongolian: метро mn(mn) (metró) Polish: metro pl(pl) n. Portuguese: metrô m. (Brazil), metro m. (Portugal) Russian: (indeclinable) метро ru(ru) (metró) n., метрополитен ru(ru) (metropolitén) m., (slang) подземка ru(ru) (podzémka) f. Serbo-Croatian: метро n., metro n. Slovak: metro sk(sk) n. Slovene: metro sl(sl) n. Spanish: metro es(es) m. Thai: เมโทร th(th) (may-tror) Ukrainian: метро uk(uk) (metró) n. Vietnamese: metro vi(vi), xe điện ngầm vi(vi)

train carriage

Afrikaans: moltrein af(af) Dutch: metro m., metrostel n. Esperanto: metroo eo(eo)

German: U-Bahn de(de) f., Untergrundbahn de(de) f. Portuguese: metrô m. (Brazil), metro m. (Portugal) Spanish: metro es(es) m.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

metro

1. metro, underground railway.

Declension

    declension of Metro

nominative	Metro
genitive	Metronıñ
dative	Metroğa
accusative	Metronı
locative	Metroda
ablative	Metrodan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Esperanto

Noun

Metro (plural Metroj, accusative singular Metron, accusative plural Metrojn)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

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Finnish

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Noun

Metro

1. An underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro.

Declension

Declension of metro (type valo) singular plural nominative metro metrot genitive metron metrojen partitive metroa metroja accusative metro metron metrot inessive metrossa metroissa elative metrosta metroista illative metroon metroihin adessive metrolla metroilla ablative metrolta metroilta allative metrolle metroille essive metrona metroina translative metroksi metroiksi instructive – metroin abessive metrotta metroitta comitative – metroineen

Synonyms

• maanalainen

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Italian

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Noun

metro m. (plural metri)

1. (unit of measure) metre, meter
2. ruler, ruler, measure
3. yardstick, criterion

Related terms

• centimetro
• chilometro
• decimetro
• metraggio
• metratura
• metrico
• metro cubo
• metrologia
• metro quadro
• millimetro

Noun

metro f. inv.

1. (short form of metropolitana) subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)

Synonyms

• metrò

Anagrams

• emort,
• morte
• torme
• tremo, tremò

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

Metro n.

1. underground, subway, metro

Declension

    declension of Metro

	singular	plural
nominative	metro	metra
genitive	metra	metr
dative	metru	metrom
accusative	metro	metra
instrumental	metrem	metrami
locative	metrze	metrach
vocative	metro	metra

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Portuguese

Noun

metro m

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. Template:Portugal underground, subway

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mètrō m. (Cyrillic spelling мѐтро̄)

1. metro

Declension

    declension of Metro

	singular	plural
nominative	mètrō	metroi
genitive	metròa	metroa
dative	metrou	metroima
accusative	metro	metroe
vocative	metro	metroi
locative	metrou	metroima
instrumental	metroom	metroima

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Spanish

Noun

Metro m. (plural Metros)

Singular Metro m.

Plural Metros m.

1. meter
2. metro

az:metro cs:metro de:metro et:metro el:metro es:metro fr:metro gl:metro ko:metro hy:metro io:metro it:metro ku:metro lo:metro hu:metro nl:metro ja:metro no:metro pl:metro pt:metro ro:metro ru:metro sl:metro fi:metro tr:metro vi:metro zh:metro