meter

Meaning

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

Concepts

meter

metre

godmother

instrument

gauge

measurer

gauger

cummer

meters

metres

Frequency

Hyphenated as

me‧ter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmeːtər/

Etymology

From meten + -er.

Borrowed from French

mètre

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Sentences

Hij loopt de honderd
100

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
40

jaar van één meter tweeënzeventig
72

.

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

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