metra
English
Etymology 2
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“measure”)
Noun
metra (plural metras)
- (historical) A pocket instrument combining a thermometer, level, plummet, and lens.
Faroese
Latin
References
- metra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetɾa/ [ˈme.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -etɾa
- Syllabification: me‧tra
Further reading
- “metra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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