מטר

Aramaic

Verb

מטר • (miṭrā)

to rain

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
מ־ט־ר‎ (m-ṭ-r)

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Aramaic ܡܛܪܐ‎, מִטְרָא‎ (miṭrā), Arabic مَطَر‎ (maṭar).

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈtˀɔːr/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈtaʁ/

Noun

מָטָר • (matár) m (plural indefinite מְטָרִים‎, singular construct מְטַר־, plural construct מִטְרֵי־‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

(literary) rain

Synonyms

גֶּשֶׁם‎

Derived terms

מטרייה‎ (mitriyá, “umbrella”)
מָטָר מֵטֵאוֹרִים‎ (matár-mete'órim)

References

H4306 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

From French mètre and cognates, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”).

Noun

מֶטֶר • (méter) m (plural indefinite מֶטְרִים‎)

meter
(colloquial) measuring tape

Related terms

סִימֶטְרִי‎ (“symmetrical”)

Anagrams

מרט‎

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