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See also: metër, Meter, -meter, and méter
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English

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Pronunciation

enPR: mē′tər, Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

enPR: mĕt′ər, Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)

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Etymology 1

From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) +‎ -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc.

Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”).

Noun

meter (countable and uncountable, plural meters)

  1. A device that measures things.
    1. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
      gas meter
  2. (dated) One who metes or measures.
    a labouring coal-meter
  3. (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
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Verb

meter (third-person singular simple present meters, present participle metering, simple past and past participle metered)

  1. To measure with a metering device.
  2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
  3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mètre, itself borrowed from Latin metrum, borrowed from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

Noun

meter (countable and uncountable, plural meters)

  1. US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).
    • 2024 September 27, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover hidden ancient forest on treeless island”, in CNN‎:
      No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.
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Etymology 3

From Middle English meter, metre, from Old English meter and Old French metre; both from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

Noun

meter (countable and uncountable, plural meters)

  1. US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
  2. (obsolete) A poem.
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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mittere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈte(ɾ)/
  • Syllabification: me‧ter
  • Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Verb

meter

  1. to put

Conjugation

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Danish

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Noun

meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)

  1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)

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