meter

Meaning

1. (masculine) meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)
2. (masculine) measurer (person who measures something)

Concepts

meter

metre

godmother

instrument

metres

gauge

cummer

gauger

measurer

meters

Synonyms

peettante

petemoei

teller

peetmoeder

meetlat

metrum

versmaat

doopgetuige

doophefster

instrument

meetinstrument

naamgeefster

lengtemaat

Translations

mètre

Meter

metro

metro

metre

μέτρο

metro

marraine

compteur

متر

madrinha

metre

mètre

Messgerät

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmeːtər/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: mètre

Inherited from Middle Dutch: meter

In summary

From Middle Dutch meter, metere, equivalent to meten (“to measure”) + -er. Compare English meter, German Messer m. In some compounds conflated with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron), which is unrelated or, according to one theory, distantly related with the Dutch verb.

Sentences

Hij loopt de honderd meter sneller dan iedereen op onze school .

He runs the hundred meters faster than anyone at our school.

Mijn peter en meter waren aanwezig bij mijn doopsel .

My godfather and meter were present at my baptism.

Ze zochten naar een blanke man van circa veertig jaar van één meter tweeënzeventig .

They were looking for a white man of about forty years of one meter seventy-two.