メートル

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Japanese

 メートル on Japanese Wikipedia
Alternative spellings

米突

Etymology

From French mètre. Doublet of メーター (mētā, meter, measuring instrument).

Pronunciation

Noun

メートル (mētoru

  1. a metre (unit of length)

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN