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meter metër Meter méter English Alternative forms en -metre UK nonstandard en -o-meter -ometer Etymology en 1 2 :bor<ref:-meter 1107 1<<name:AHD -meter>>> fr:-mètre Pronunciation -mĭ-tər en /-mɪ.tə/ RP,AuE en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--meter.wav Southern England en /-mɪ.təɹ/ GenAm,CanE en /-mə.tə/ NZE en /-mɪ.təɾ/ ScE en /-mɪ.ʈɜː(ɾ)/ /-mɪ.ʈəɾ/ InE en -me ter Suffix + Used to form the names of measuring devices. Usage notes Whereas the spelling of the unit of length varies between British (en metre) and American (en meter) English, the spelling of this suffix is -meter in both, while en -metre is a nonstandard alternative form found in British English. Words with the suffix en -ometer (compare en -o-) always have a primary stress on the antepenultimate syllable: en barometer, en speedometer, en tachometer, etc. Words derived from en meter//metre with a prefix usually have a primary stress on the first syllable: en centimeter, en millimeter, etc. Derived terms en en barometer ceilometer colorimeter densimeter densitometer dilatometer dynamometer erythrocytometer esthesiometer extensometer hemacytometer,hemocytometer manometer microdensitometer odometer osmometer pedometer penetrometer pluviometer potentiometer pulsometer pyrheliometer reflectometer respirometer rheogoniometer saccharimeter salimeter salinometer salometer sclerometer sensitometer solarimeter spectrophotometer speedometer spherometer sphygmomanometer strainometer tachometer taximeter tellurometer tensimeter tensiometer transmissometer turbidimeter ultramicrometer urinometer variometer velocimeter vinometer viscosimeter voltammeter volumeter zymometer Translations used to form a measuring device Asturian: ast -metru m Azerbaijani: az ölçən Catalan: ca -metre m Danish: da -meter Dutch: nl -meter Finnish: fi -metri French: fr -mètre Galician: gl -metro m Georgian: ka -მეტრი German: de -meter m n Greek: el -μετρο n Hebrew: he מַד־ m mád-, he ־מטר -méter Hungarian: hu mérő -mérő Irish: ga -méadar m Italian: it -metro m Japanese: ja 計 kei Korean: ko 계 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb -پێو Northern Kurdish: kmr -pîv Persian: Dari: prs ـسَنْج Iranian Persian: fa-ira ـسَنْج Polish: pl -mierz m, pl -metr m Portuguese: pt -metro m Romanian: ro -metru n Russian: ru -ме́р m, ru -метр m Spanish: es -metro m Swedish: sv -meter References Further reading Anagrams en eemrt -metre -treme Emert metre remet retem German Etymology de :der grc:μέτρον From de grc μέτρον measure, size, distance; moderate amount, proportion. Pronunciation de [-ˈmeːtɐ] de De--meter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de eːtɐ 2 de -me ter Suffix m:n en -meter device to measure a certain property Declension m:n Derived terms de Further reading