metroo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French métro. The extra o was added to differentiate from metro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈtroo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Hyphenation: me‧tro‧o

Noun

metroo (accusative singular metroon, plural metrooj, accusative plural metroojn)

  1. urban, above or below-ground electric train system; metro
    Synonym: metropoliteno
    Hyponyms: subterfervojo, subtervojo, subvojo

Estonian

Etymology

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain, as in Chemin de fer métropolitain (“Metropolitan Railway”), the early name for the Paris Metro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /metˈroː/, [metˈroː]
  • Rhymes: -oː
  • Hyphenation: met‧roo

Noun

metroo (genitive metroo, partitive metrood)

  1. metro, subway, underground
    Synonym: (purist) allmaaraudtee

Declension

Declension of metroo (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative metroo metrood
accusative nom.
gen. metroo
genitive metroode
partitive metrood metroid
metroosid
illative metroosse metroodesse
metroisse
inessive metroos metroodes
metrois
elative metroost metroodest
metroist
allative metroole metroodele
metroile
adessive metrool metroodel
metroil
ablative metroolt metroodelt
metroilt
translative metrooks metroodeks
metroiks
terminative metrooni metroodeni
essive metroona metroodena
abessive metroota metroodeta
comitative metrooga metroodega

Compounds

  • metroojaam
  • metrooliin
  • metroopilet
  • metroorong
  • metrootunnel
  • metroovagun

References

  • metroo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “metroo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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