litre

li·tre

 (lē′tər)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of liter.

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litre

(ˈliːtə) or

liter

n

1. (Units) one cubic decimetre

2. (Units) (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

[C19: from French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight]

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li•ter

(ˈli tər)

n.

a unit of liquid capacity equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C and equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts. Abbr.: l

[1800–10; < French litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, derivative of Medieval Latin litra < Greek lítra pound]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

litre - a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, liter metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms deciliter, decilitre, dl - a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters

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Translations

لِتْرلِتْرٌ

litr

liter

Liter

λίτρο

litro

litro

litra

litre

ליטר

litra

liter

líter

litro

リットル

리터

litras

litrs

liter

liter

litr

litro

литр

liter

liter

liter

หน่วยวัดปริมาณ ๑ ลิตร

litre

lít

公升升

litre

liter (US) [ˈliːtəʳ] N → litro m

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litre

[ˈliːtə^r] liter (US) n → litre m

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litre

, (US) liter

n → Liter m or nt

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litre

[ˈliːtəʳ] n → litro

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litre

(ˈliːtə(r)) (American) liter (ˈliːtə) noun

a measure of (usually liquid) capacity. a litre of wine. liter لِتْر литър litro litr der Liter liter λίτροlitro liiter لیتر litra litreליטר लीटर litra liter liter líter litro リットル 리터(미터법의 용량 단위) litras litrs liter literliterlitr ليتر litro litru литр liter liter litar liter ลิตร litre 公升 літр لیٹر lít 公升

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litre

→ لِتْرٌ litr liter Liter λίτρο litro litra litre litra litro リットル 리터 liter liter litr litro литр liter หน่วยวัดปริมาณ ๑ ลิตร litre lít 升

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