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metro

[me-troh]

Origin

noun, plural -ros. (often initial capital letter)

the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.

subway (def. 1).

Origin:
1900–05; < French métro, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railroad

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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adjective

metropolitan (defs. 1, 2).

noun

metropolis (defs. 1, 2).

(often initial capital letter) Chiefly Canadian. the government or jurisdiction of a large city.

Origin:
1900–05; by shortening; or independent use of metro-³

a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the formation of compound words: metronome.

Origin:
combining form representing Greek métron measure

a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words: metrorrhagia.

Also, especially before a vowel, metr-.

Origin:
combining form representing Greek mḗtra womb

a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words: metroflight; metroland; Metroliner.

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metro or French métro (ˈmɛtrəʊ, metro)

—n , pl -ros
	an underground, or largely underground, railway system in certain cities, esp in Europe, such as that in Paris

[C20: from French, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railway]

métro or French métro

—n

[C20: from French, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railway]

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Word Origin & History

Metro

Paris underground, 1904, from Fr. abbrev. of Chemin de Fer Métropolitain "Metropolitan Railway."

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Medical Dictionary

metro- or metr-
pref.
Uterus: metritis.