litre
nounEtymology Borrowed from Spanish litre.
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Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.
litre
nounUK /ˈliːtə/ · US /ˈli.tɚ/
Etymology From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin lībra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, livre, and rottol.
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The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
- Holonyms: kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
- Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre
1 more example
- You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.
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Informal A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
- Derived terms
- attolitre, centilitre, decalitre, decilitre, exalitre, femtolitre, gigalitre, hectolitre, kilolitre, litrebike, megalitre, microlitre, millilitre, multilitre, myrialitre, nanolitre, petalitre, picolitre, ronnalitre, teralitre, yoctolitre, yottalitre