see|Metro|métro|metro-|metrò
English

Etymology
The term metro for underground rapid transit originally comes from the name of the Paris underground (Chemin de Fer Métropolitain) which was shortened to métropolitain "metropolitan" and then to métro. The prefix metro comes from the word metropolis from the Greek μή�η� ( m�t�r) "mother" and ��λι� (pólis) "city/town" which means is a big city. The term was originally used by the Paris rapid transit system to differentiate it from non-urban railway systems.

Noun
en-noun

1. An underground railway other than those in the US or London, in particular that in Paris.
2. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. An urban rapid transit light railway
4. A train that runs on such a railway.

Synonyms
i-c|underground railway el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

Translations

trans-top|underground railway
Dutch: metro m
Esperanto: metroo
Finnish: metro
French: métro m
German: Metro f, Untergrundbahn f, U-Bahn f
Italian: metropolitana f, metrò m|f
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (�����chikatetsu)
Korean: ��철 (jihacheol)
Polish: metro n
Portuguese: metrô m (Brazil), #Portuguese|metro m (Portugal)
Spanish: #Spanish|metro m
trans-bottom

trans-top|train carriage
Dutch: metro m, metrostel n
Esperanto: metroo
German: U-Bahn f, Untergrundbahn f
trans-mid
Portuguese: metrô m (Brazil), #Portuguese|metro m (Portugal)
Spanish: #Spanish|metro m
trans-bottom

Category:Rail transportation

Crimean Tatar

Noun
metro

1. metro#English|metro, underground railway.

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

Esperanto

Noun
metro (Plural: metroj)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

Finnish

Noun
fi-noun|metro|type=valo

1. An underground, a subway, a Tube or a #English|metro.

Synonyms
maanalainen#Noun|maanalainen

Italian

Noun
metro m (plural metri)

1. metre (unit of measurement)

See also
metrò

Portuguese

Noun
metro m

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. (Portugal) underground, subway

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-m

1. meter
2. #English|metro

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• 2007-11-10 18:16 - Jrbbopp - Added Spanish translations

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