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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
litr m inan
- liter (US), litre (UK)
- půl litru ― half a liter
- (informal) a thousand crowns (Czech currency)
- Synonyms: tisíc, tác, talíř
Declension
Declension of litr (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “litr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “litr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “litr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz (“appearance, look, aspect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Old Frisian wlite, Old Saxon wliti, Old English wlite, Gothic 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 (wlits).
Noun
litr m (genitive litar, plural litir)
- color
Declension
Declension of litr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “litr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlitr/
- Rhymes: -itr
- Syllabification: litr
Noun
litr m inan
- litre
Declension
Further reading
- litr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- litr in Polish dictionaries at PWN