meter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc.
Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”).
Base: mete
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: meters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: meters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: metering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: metered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: metered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A device that measures things.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A device that measures things.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: gas meter
gloss: One who metes or measures.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
examples: a labouring coal-meter
gloss: A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: To measure with a metering device.
pos: verb
gloss: To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
pos: verb
gloss: To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
pos: verb
Related words: metster
Derived words: Ampère meter
anglemeter
coal-meter
cover meter
digital meter
drift meter
dry meter
electricity meter
electric meter
E-meter
energy meter
exposure meter
feed the meter
flowmeter
gas meter
gas meter bandit
glossmeter
gravity meter
light meter
meterable
meterage
meter attendant
meterful
meter maid
meterman
meter stamp
nuclear hydrogen detection meter
parking meter
paymeter
peak flow meter
pH meter
pin the meter
pressuremeter
Q meter
rainmeter
ramp meter
smart meter
S meter
Stimpmeter
submeter
survey meter
thrustmeter
time-of-use meter
torque meter
trip meter
VU meter
water meter
watt-hour meter
wet meter
bimeter
meterless
mismeter
meter stick
teslameter
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مِقْيَاس
roman: miqyās
lang: Armenian
word: հաշվիչ
roman: hašvičʻ
lang: Armenian
word: չափիչ
roman: čʻapʻičʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sayğac
lang: Basque
word: kontagailu
lang: Belarusian
word: лічы́льнік
roman: ličýlʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: вымяра́льнік
roman: vymjarálʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: выме́рнік
roman: vymjérnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: измери́телен у́ред
roman: izmerítelen úred
lang: Bulgarian
word: броя́ч
roman: brojáč
lang: Catalan
word: comptador
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 計量表 /计量表
roman: jìliángbiǎo
lang: Czech
word: metr
lang: Czech
word: měřič
lang: Danish
word: måler
lang: Dutch
word: meter
lang: Dutch
word: teller
lang: Esperanto
word: mezurilo
lang: Esperanto
word: komptilo
lang: Estonian
word: mõõtja
lang: Finnish
word: mittari
lang: Finnish
word: mitta
lang: Finnish
word: mittatikku
lang: French
word: mètre
lang: French
word: compteur
lang: Galician
word: contador
lang: Georgian
word: მთვლელი
roman: mtvleli
lang: Georgian
word: საზომი
roman: sazomi
lang: Georgian
word: მზომი
roman: mzomi
lang: German
word: Messgerät
lang: Greek
word: μέτρο
roman: métro
lang: Greek
word: ρολόι
roman: rolói
lang: Hebrew
word: מֶטֶר
roman: méter
lang: Hebrew
word: מִדָּה
roman: midá
lang: Hungarian
word: mérőóra
lang: Hungarian
word: fogyasztásmérő (óra)
lang: Indonesian
word: meteran
lang: Indonesian
word: penghitung
lang: Irish
word: méadar
lang: Italian
word: metro
lang: Italian
word: contatore
lang: Japanese
word: メーター
roman: mētā
lang: Japanese
word: 計量器
roman: keiryōki
lang: Kazakh
word: өлшеуіш
roman: ölşeuış
lang: Khmer
word: កុងទ័រ
roman: kongtɔə
lang: Korean
word: 계량기
roman: gyeryanggi
lang: Central Kurdish
word: مەتر
roman: metir
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өлчөгүч
roman: ölcögüc
lang: Latvian
word: mērītājs
lang: Lithuanian
word: metras
lang: Lithuanian
word: matuoklis
lang: Macedonian
word: мерач
roman: merač
lang: Malay
word: meter
lang: Māori
word: ine
lang: Mongolian
word: тоолуур
roman: tooluur
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: måler
lang: Persian
word: اندازهگیر
roman: andâze-gir
lang: Persian
word: سنجه
roman: sanje
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Tala
lang: Polish
word: miernik
lang: Portuguese
word: contador
lang: Romanian
word: metru
lang: Romanian
word: contor
lang: Russian
word: счётчик
roman: sčótčik
lang: Russian
word: измери́тель
roman: izmerítelʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: inneal-tomhais
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ме̏тар
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mȅtar
lang: Slovak
word: merač
lang: Slovene
word: števec
lang: Spanish
word: medidor
lang: Spanish
word: contador
lang: Spanish
word: metro
lang: Swedish
word: mätare
lang: Swedish
word: -meter
lang: Thai
word: มิเตอร์
roman: mí-dtə̂ə
lang: Turkish
word: metre
lang: Ukrainian
word: лічи́льник
roman: ličýlʹnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: вимі́рник
roman: vymírnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: вимі́рювач
roman: vymírjuvač
lang: Vietnamese
word: cái đo
lang: Vietnamese
word: người đo