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

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)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro.

Pronunciation

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  • 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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métro.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

метро́ (metrón inan (indeclinable)

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

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “метро”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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