meter.
meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)
Meaning & usage
meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)
Ik heb een meter nodig om de stroom in dit circuit te meten.
De meters in het laboratorium zijn zeer nauwkeurig.
measurer (person who measures something)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch meter, metere, equivalent to meten (“to measure”) + -er. Compare English meter, German Messer m. In some compounds conflated with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron), which is unrelated or, according to one theory, distantly related with the Dutch verb.
meter, metre (unit of distance)
De kamer is vijf meter breed.
Ze liep een afstand van tien meter in de race.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Doublet of metrum.
godmother
Ze is de trotse meter van haar neefje.
Mijn zus werd gevraagd om meter te zijn bij de doop.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matrīna.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.