metro

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
2. (uncommon) An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.

Adj

metropolitan

Concepts

métro

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métropolitain

couloir souterrain

Synonymes

subway

underground

tube

rapid transit

subway

subway system

the tube

the underground

the tube

uterine body

hystero

hystera

hyster

Tzukung

subway train

metropolitan

underground railway

uteri

uterus

womb

L

metropolis

metro-

Traductions

U-Bahn

metro

metro

Untergrundbahn

metro

μετρό

Metro

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metropolitana

مترو

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metro

metrô

subte

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metrò

metrostel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɛtɹəʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

Phrases

A bus shuttle took us from the airport to the metro .

Une navette de bus nous a emmenés de l'aéroport au métro.