メートル

㍍	U+334D, ㍍ SQUARE MEETORU

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[U+334E]

Japanese

Alternative spellings
米米突

Etymology

From French mètre.[1][2] Doublet of メーター (mētā, “meter”, measuring instrument).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) メートル [mèétórú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːto̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

メートル • (mētoru)

a metre (unit of length)

Alternative forms

メーター (mētā)

Derived terms

Derived terms

平(へい)方(ほう)メートル (heihō mētoru, “square metre”)
立(りっ)方(ぽう)メートル (rippō mētoru, “cubic meter”)
センチメートル (senchimētoru, “centimetre”)
ミリメートル (mirimētoru, “millimeter”)
キロメートル (kiromētoru, “kilometer”)

References

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

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