English Explanatory Dictionary

metro

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
  2. An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.
noun
  1. A metropolitan area.
adj
  1. metropolitan
name
  1. A city in Lampung, Indonesia.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛtɹəʊ/ /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/ En-us-metro.ogg /mɛʈ.ro/

Word forms

metro metros métro more metro most metro

Etymology

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

Synonyms

subway underground underground railway Tube

Related words

metrosexual

Derived words

Frutiger Metro metro aide MetroCard metroisation metro station Metro Toronto nonmetro premetro semi-metro Metro Vancouver
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