liter
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈliː.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈli.tɚ/, [ˈli.ɾɚ]
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: li‧ter
- Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Noun
editliter (plural liters)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editliter (plural liters)
Anagrams
editDanish
editNoun
editliter c (definite singular literen, indefinite plural liter, definite plural literne)
- a litre
Derived terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editliter m (plural liters, diminutive litertje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editHungarian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editliter (plural literek)
- litre (unit of fluid measure)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | liter | literek |
accusative | litert | litereket |
dative | liternek | litereknek |
instrumental | literrel | literekkel |
causal-final | literért | literekért |
translative | literré | literekké |
terminative | literig | literekig |
essive-formal | literként | literekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | literben | literekben |
superessive | literen | litereken |
adessive | liternél | litereknél |
illative | literbe | literekbe |
sublative | literre | literekre |
allative | literhez | literekhez |
elative | literből | literekből |
delative | literről | literekről |
ablative | litertől | literektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
literé | litereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
literéi | literekéi |
Possessive forms of liter | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | literem | litereim |
2nd person sing. | litered | litereid |
3rd person sing. | litere | literei |
1st person plural | literünk | litereink |
2nd person plural | literetek | litereitek |
3rd person plural | literük | litereik |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- liter in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch liter, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editliter (uncountable)
- litre: the metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “liter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Ladin
editVerb
editliter
- To vote
Conjugation
edit- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | liter, lité | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | litan | |||
past participle | lité | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | lite, liteie | lites, liteies | lita, liteia, litea | liton | liteis | lita, liteia |
imperfect | litove | litoves | litova | litovan | litovais | litova |
future | litaré | litaras | litarà | litaron | litareis | litarà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | lite, liteie | lites, liteies | lite, liteie | liton | liteis | lite |
imperfect | litasse | litasses | litassa | litassan | litassais | litassa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | lita, liteia | — | liton | litede | — |
Latin
editVerb
editliter
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom English litre, liter, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin libra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editliter (Jawi spelling ليتر)
- The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre; litre, liter.
Affixations
editFurther reading
edit- “liter” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom French litre, Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).
Noun
editliter m (definite singular literen, indefinite plural liter, definite plural literne)
- a litre
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “liter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom French litre, Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editliter m (definite singular literen, indefinite plural liter, definite plural literane or litrane)
- a litre
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editliter
Etymology 3
editNoun
editlìter m
- (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt
References
edit- “liter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editliter f
- letter of the alphabet
- (in the plural) act of writing, (Christianity) written law
- letter, epistle, dispatch
- (in the plural) books, histories
Inflection
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | literL | litirL | litr(a)eH, litri |
Vocative | literL | litirL | litr(a)eH, litri |
Accusative | litirN | litirL | litr(a)eH, litri |
Genitive | litr(a)eH | literL | literN |
Dative | litirL | litrib | litrib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
edit- literda (“literary, literal”)
Descendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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liter also lliter after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
liter pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Slovak
editPronunciation
editNoun
editliter m inan (related adjective litrový, diminutive litrík or litríček, augmentative litrisko)
- litre (unit of fluid measure)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “liter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlítər m inan
- litre (unit of fluid measure)
Inflection
editMasculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | líter | ||
gen. sing. | lítra | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
líter | lítra | lítri |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
lítra | lítrov | lítrov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
lítru | lítroma | lítrom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
líter | lítra | lítre |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
lítru | lítrih | lítrih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
lítrom | lítroma | lítri |
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editliter c
- liter (unit of volume)
- Jag drack två liter mjölk
- I drank two liters of milk
Usage notes
editUsually uninflected in the indefinite plural.
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | liter | liters |
definite | litern | literns | |
plural | indefinite | liter | liters |
definite | literna | liternas |
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | liter | liters |
definite | litern | literns | |
plural | indefinite | litrar | litrars |
definite | litrarna | litrarnas |
References
editTatar
editNoun
editliter
Declension
edit- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- Rhymes:English/iːtə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/iːtə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English forms
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Units of measure
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/itər
- Rhymes:Dutch/itər/2 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛr
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛr/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Units of measure
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from French
- Indonesian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Ladin lemmas
- Ladin verbs
- Ladin first conjugation verbs
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Malay terms borrowed from English
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from French
- Malay terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Malay terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/tər
- Rhymes:Malay/ər
- Rhymes:Malay/ər/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Units of measure
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- nn:Units of measure
- Old Irish terms borrowed from Latin
- Old Irish terms derived from Latin
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- sga:Christianity
- Old Irish ā-stem nouns
- sga:Communication
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- Slovak terms with declension stroj
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Units of measure
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar nouns
- tt:Units of measure