megametre

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noun

A distance of 1,000 km.

“Holonyms: gigametre < terametre < petametre”

OriginEnglish metre ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas →
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Meanings

nounmegametre (plural megametres)

plural megametres

  1. A distance of 1,000 km.

    Holonyms: gigametre < terametre < petametre

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    Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishmetre
  6. Englishmegametre

From mega- + metre.

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Translations

Finnish megametri, tuhat kilometriä
  • megametridistance of 1,000 km
  • tuhat kilometriädistance of 1,000 km
French mégamètre
  • mégamètredistance of 1,000 km
Greek μεγάμετρο
  • μεγάμετρο (megámetro)distance of 1,000 km
Italian megametro
  • megametrodistance of 1,000 km
Japanese メガメーター
  • メガメーター (megamētā)distance of 1,000 km
Korean 메가미터
  • 메가미터 (megamiteo)distance of 1,000 km
Portuguese megâmetro
  • megâmetrodistance of 1,000 km
Romanian megametru
  • megametrudistance of 1,000 km
Spanish megametro
  • megametrodistance of 1,000 km
Swedish megameter
  • megameterdistance of 1,000 km
Thai เมกะเมตร
  • เมกะเมตรdistance of 1,000 km
Vietnamese megamet
  • megametdistance of 1,000 km

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

megameter
Cite this entry
APA

megametre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megametre

MLA

“megametre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megametre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megametre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megametre.

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