メートル

㍍ U+334D, ㍍
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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 (rōmaji mētoru)

  1. a metre (unit of length)

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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