метро

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro.

Pronunciation

Noun

метро́ (mjetrón inan (indeclinable)

  1. subway

References

  • метро” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Лучыц-Федарэц І. І. (укладальнік) (1991) Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы, volume 7, Мінск: Навука і тэхніка, →ISBN, page 26

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic مەترو
Cyrillic метро
Latin metro

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian метро́ (metró), from French métro.

Pronunciation

Noun

метро (metro)

  1. subway, underground, metro

Declension

Declension of метро
singular plural
nominative метро (metro) метролар (metrolar)
genitive метроның (metronyñ) метролардың (metrolardyñ)
dative метроға (metroğa) метроларға (metrolarğa)
accusative метроны (metrony) метроларды (metrolardy)
locative метрода (metroda) метроларда (metrolarda)
ablative метродан (metrodan) метролардан (metrolardan)
instrumental метромен (metromen) метролармен (metrolarmen)

Synonyms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

метро (metron

  1. metro, subway
  2. (colloquial) meter
  3. (colloquial) tape measure

Declension

Declension of метро
singular plural
indefinite метро (metro) метроа (metroa)
definite unspecified метрото (metroto) метроата (metroata)
definite proximal метрово (metrovo) метроава (metroava)
definite distal метроно (metrono) метроана (metroana)
vocative метро (metro) метроа (metroa)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian метро / metro, from French métro. By surface analysis, clipping of метрополитен (metropoliten).

Pronunciation

Noun

метро (metrom inan

  1. subway, metro
    Synonyms: метрополитен (metropoliten), под'жемни гайзибан (pod'žemni hajziban)

Declension

Declension of метро
singular plural
nominative метро (metro) метрои (metroi)
genitive метроа (metroa) метроох (metroox)
dative метроу (metrou) метроом (metroom)
accusative метро (metro) метрои (metroi)
instrumental метроом (metroom) метроами (metroami)
locative метроу (metrou) метроох (metroox)
vocative метро (metro) метрои (metroi)

References

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ме‧тро
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

метро́ (metrón inan (indeclinable)

  1. subway, underground
    Synonym: метрополите́н m (metropolitɛ́n)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մետրո (metro)

See also

  • МЦК (MCK, Moscow Central Circle)
  • МЦД (MCD, Moscow Central Diameters)
  • БКЛ (BKL, Big Circle Line)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

мѐтро̄ m (Latin spelling mètrō)

  1. metro

Declension

Declension of метро
singular plural
nominative мѐтро̄ метрои
genitive метро̀а метроа
dative метроу метроима
accusative метро метрое
vocative метро метрои
locative метроу метроима
instrumental метроом метроима

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

метро́ (metrón inan (indeclinable)

  1. subway, underground, metro
    Synonym: метрополіте́н m (metropolitén)

Declension (before 1933)

Declension of метро́
(inan hard neut-form accent-d)
singular plural
nominative метро́
metró
ме́тра
métra
genitive метра́
metrá
метр
metr
dative метру́
metrú
ме́трам
métram
accusative метро́
metró
ме́тра
métra
instrumental метро́м
metróm
ме́трами
métramy
locative метрі́
metrí
ме́трах
métrax
vocative метро́
metró
ме́тра
métra

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “метро”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

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