Metro Definition

mĕtrō
metros
noun
metros
A subway system.
American Heritage
A metropolitan government.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
A train that runs on such an underground railway.
Wiktionary
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adjective
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
prefix
Uterus.
Metritis.
American Heritage
affix
Measure.
Metrology.
Webster's New World
Uterus, womb.
Metrorrhagia.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Metro

Noun

Singular:
metro
Plural:
metros

Origin of Metro

  • French métro short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain metropolitan (railway) from Late Latin mētropolītānus metropolitan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French métro, apocopic form of métropolitain, from the Ancient Greek roots μήτηρ (meter, “mother") + πόλις (polis, “city").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek mētrā uterus from mētēr mētr- mother māter- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Abbreviation of metropolitan.

    From Wiktionary

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