Metro Definition
mĕtrō
metros
noun
metros
A subway system.
American Heritage
A metropolitan government.
Webster's New World
A subway.
Webster's New World
An underground railway.
Wiktionary
A train that runs on such an underground railway.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- subway system
- subway
- underground
- tube
prefix
Uterus.
Metritis.
American Heritage
affix
Measure.
Metrology.
Webster's New World
Uterus, womb.
Metrorrhagia.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Metro
Noun
Singular:
metroPlural:
metrosOrigin of Metro
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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
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French métro, apocopic form of métropolitain, from the Ancient Greek roots μήτηρ (meter, “mother") + πόλις (polis, “city").
From Wiktionary
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From Greek mētrā uterus from mētēr mētr- mother māter- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Abbreviation of metropolitan.
From Wiktionary
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