Meanings
litre1
plural litres · alternative US liter
- The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
Holonyms: kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
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Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre
You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.
- informalA measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
litre · noun
- Ancient Greekλίτρα“a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”
- Medieval Latinlitra
- Frenchlitre
- Englishlitre
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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- Spanishlitre
- Spanishlitre
- Englishlitre
Borrowed from Spanish litre.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لِتْر
- لِتْر (litr)unit of fluid measure
Bengali লিটার
- লিটার (liṭar)unit of fluid measure
Bulgarian ли́тър
- ли́тър (lítăr)unit of fluid measure
Catalan litre
- litreunit of fluid measure
Chinese Cantonese 升, 公升
- 升 (sing¹)unit of fluid measure
- 公升unit of fluid measure
Chinese Mandarin 升, 公升
- 升 (shēng)unit of fluid measure
- 公升 (gōngshēng)unit of fluid measure
Czech litr
- litrunit of fluid measure
Danish liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Dutch liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Esperanto litro
- litrounit of fluid measure
Estonian liiter
- liiterunit of fluid measure
Finnish litra
- litraunit of fluid measure
French litre
- litreunit of fluid measure
German Liter
- Literunit of fluid measure
Greek λίτρο
- λίτρο (lítro)unit of fluid measure
Hebrew לִיטר
- לִיטר (líter)unit of fluid measure
Hindi लीटर
- लीटर (līṭar)unit of fluid measure
Hungarian liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Icelandic lítri
- lítriunit of fluid measure
Indonesian liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Irish lítear
- lítearunit of fluid measure
Italian litro
- litrounit of fluid measure
Japanese リットル, ㍑
- リットル (rittoru)unit of fluid measure
- ㍑ (rittoru)unit of fluid measure
Korean 리터
- 리터 (riteo)unit of fluid measure
Latvian litrs
- litrsunit of fluid measure
Lithuanian litras
- litrasunit of fluid measure
Malay liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Māori rita
- ritaunit of fluid measure
Norwegian Bokmål liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Persian لیتر
- لیتر (litr)unit of fluid measure
Polish litr
- litrunit of fluid measure
Portuguese litro
- litrounit of fluid measure
Romanian litru
- litruunit of fluid measure
Russian литр
- литр (litr)unit of fluid measure
Scottish Gaelic liotair
- liotairunit of fluid measure
Slovak liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Spanish litro
- litrounit of fluid measure
Swahili lita
- litaunit of fluid measure
Swedish liter
- literunit of fluid measure
Tagalog litro
- litrounit of fluid measure
Tamil லிட்டர்
- லிட்டர் (liṭṭar)unit of fluid measure
Thai ลิตร
- ลิตร (lít)unit of fluid measure
Turkish litre
- litreunit of fluid measure
Ukrainian літр
- літр (litr)unit of fluid measure
Urdu لیٹر
- لیٹر (līṭar)unit of fluid measure
Vietnamese lít
- lítunit of fluid measure
Welsh litr
- litrunit of fluid measure
Yiddish ליטער
- ליטער (liter)unit of fluid measure
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Cite this entry
litre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litre
“litre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litre. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “litre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litre.
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