100 Examples of Words with the suffix -metro

Words with the suffix -metro

The suffix -metro, of Greek origin, means "measure", and is related to the measurement units, usually in length. For instance: centisubway, millisubway, kilósubway.

However, it also has other meanings. The suffix -meter is also used to form words that refer to instruments used to measure. For instance: thermossubway, boostedsubway, he tensedsubway.

The suffixes they are morphemes, that is, small units that are added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

Examples of words with the suffix -metro

(!) Exceptions

Not all words ending with -metro correspond to this suffix. These are some exceptions:

• Dimeter: In poetry, term that refers to the verse commonly of Greek or Latin poetry, formed by two meters or feet.
• Heptameter: In poetry, verse with seven feet.
• Hexameter: In poetry, Greco-Latin verse composed of six feet.
• Ojimeter: Colloquial term that refers to an approximate calculation, without precision.
• Parameter: Reference or point of comparison to base certain information or guesses.
• Pentameter: In poetry, Greco-Roman verse formed by five feet.
• Trimeter: In poetry, verse composed of three feet.

Sentences with words with the suffix -metro

1. Grandma saves her centimeter in the sewing box.
2. I found a place to park the car, put the token in the parking meter And I ran to get to the cinema before the show started.
3. I was scared when I saw that the speedometer indicated that the car was speeding over a hundred kilometres and I told the taxi driver that I wanted to get off.
4. He did poorly on the test because he made a mistake when he calculated the diameter of the circumference.
5. The barometer indicates that the atmospheric pressure is very low, so it is likely that it will rain today.
6. The Physical Education teacher put the chronometer at zero and, when indicated, the race began.
7. Did you know that in Argentina the National Congress is the kilometer zero of national routes?
8. The pluviometer that we put in the garden at home allowed us to know the amount of rain that fell in the month.
9. After that terrible earthquake that demolished half the buildings in the city, the city council decided to buy a seismometer and improve building quality.
10. The baby is healthy and chubby and, lately, he grew a centimeter per month.

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