How to pronounce meter
American English pronunciation
MEE-tur
- IPA
- /ˈmitɚ/
- Syllables
- MEE · tur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What meter means
Most people know meter in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The pattern of beats in a line of poetry
In a sentence: The poem's bouncy meter made it fun to read out loud.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin metrum, from the Greek metron, meaning a measure. The unit of length comes from the same Greek word.
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