metra

See also: métra and metrà

English

Etymology 1

Noun

metra (plural metrae)

(medicine) The uterus.

Etymology 2

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“measure”)

Noun

metra (plural metras)

(historical) A pocket instrument combining a thermometer, level, plummet, and lens.

Anagrams

'mater, METAR, armet, mater, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, tréma

Faroese

Noun

metra

indefinite genitive plural of metur
skipið liggur á túsund metra dýpi - the ship lies at 1000 metres depth

Latin

Noun

metra

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of metrum

References

metra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: me‧tra

Noun

metra f (plural metras)

(Venezuela) marble (toy)

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