-metre

-metre

1. (nonstandard, British) Alternative form of -meter (suffix used to form the names of measuring devices).

• -meter, -treme, Emert, meter, remet, retem

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

-metre m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metres)

1. -meter

• -metria

• “-metre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “-metre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “-metre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.