Belarusian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French métro.

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Noun

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метро́ (mjetrón inan (indeclinable)

  1. subway

References

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  • метро” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Лучыц-Федарэц І. І. (укладальнік) (1991) Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы, volume 7, Мінск: Навука і тэхніка, →ISBN, page 26

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic مەترو
Cyrillic метро
Latin metro

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian метро́ (metró), from French métro.

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Noun

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метро (metro)

  1. subway, underground, metro

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Macedonian

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Noun

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метро (metron

  1. metro, subway
  2. (colloquial) meter
  3. (colloquial) tape measure

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French métro.

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  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈtro]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ме‧тро
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

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метро́ (metrón inan (indeclinable)

  1. subway, underground
    Synonym: метрополите́н m (metropolitɛ́n)

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  • Armenian: մետրո (metro)

See also

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  • МЦК (MCK, Moscow Central Circle)
  • МЦД (MCD, Moscow Central Diameters)
  • БКЛ (BKL, Big Circle Line)

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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мѐтро̄ m (Latin spelling mètrō)

  1. metro

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French métro.[1]

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Noun

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метро́ (metrón inan (indeclinable)

  1. subway, underground, metro
    Synonym: метрополіте́н m (metropolitén)

References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “метро”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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