How do you pronounce -meter?

The recorded pronunciation is /-mɪ.tə/.

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-meter

/-mɪ.tə/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.09 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter Borrowed from French -mètre, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

-meters (plural) -metre (alternative, UK) -o-meter (alternative) -ometer (alternative)

barometer ceilometer colorimeter densimeter densitometer dilatometer dynamometer erythrocytometer esthesiometer extensometer hemacytometer hemocytometer

How do you pronounce -meter?: The recorded pronunciation is /-mɪ.tə/.
What does -meter mean?: Used to form the names of measuring devices.
Where does -meter come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter Borrowed from French -mètre, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

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