métropole

See also: metropole, Metropole, and metrópole

French

Etymology

From métro- +‎ -pole

Noun

métropole f (plural métropoles)

metropolis
(Quebec, only with definite article) Montreal
(Europe, only with definite article) Continental France, not including its various oversea territories.

Synonyms

(Continental France): France métropolitaine

Derived terms

Further reading

“métropole” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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