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- [lee-ter]
- /ˈli tər/
- /ˈliːtə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lee-ter]
- /ˈli tər/
Definitions of litre word
- noun litre a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l. 1
- noun litre The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ. 1
- countable noun litre A litre is a metric unit of volume that is a thousand cubic centimetres. It is equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints. 0
- noun litre one cubic decimetre 0
- noun litre (formerly) the volume occupied by 1 kilogram of pure water at 4°C and 760 millimetres of mercury. This is equivalent to 1.000028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints 0
- abbreviation LITRE liter 0
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Origin of litre
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
1800-10; < French litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, derivative (with -on noun suffix) of Medieval Latin litra < Greek lítra pound
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Parts of speech for Litre
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
litre popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
litre usage trend in Literature
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