What does métré in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word métré in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use métré in French.

The word métré in French means metrics, schedule of quantities, quantity survey, metre, tape measure, measuring tape, metre, measure, square metre, cubic metre, tape measure, measuring tape, linear meter, tape measure, standard metre bar, pH meter, pH-meter, price per square metre, tape measure, recording level gauge. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word métré

metrics, schedule of quantities

nom masculin (mesure d'une construction)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
C'est le géomètre qui est habilité à établir des métrés.

quantity survey

nom masculin (description détaillée d'un construction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Toutes les données relatives à la construction se trouvent dans le métré.

metre

nom masculin (unité de mesure de longueur) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Patrick mesure 1 mètre 70.
Patrick is 1 meter and 70 cm tall.

tape measure, measuring tape

nom masculin (outil de mesure gradué en millimètres)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'ouvrier a sorti son mètre pour mesurer la pièce.
The worker took his measuring tape out to measure the room.

metre

nom masculin (poésie : cadence d'un vers) (UK, poetry, uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les mètres correspondent au nombre de syllabes à l'intérieur d'un vers.
Meter corresponds to the number of syllables within a line of verse.

measure

verbe transitif (mesurer la longueur de [qch])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Le géomètre mètre la propriété.

square metre

nom masculin (unité de mesure de surface) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon appartement mesure 59 mètres carrés.

cubic metre

nom masculin (unité de mesure de volume) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le mètre cube, équivaut au volume d'un cube ayant 1 mètre de côté.

tape measure, measuring tape

nom masculin (mètre qui s'enroule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

linear meter

nom masculin (longueur) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le grillage se vend au mètre linéaire.

tape measure

nom masculin (ruban gradué)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les couturiers utilisent des mètres rubans.

standard metre bar

nom masculin (Mesure : référence de mètre) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le mètre étalon est déposé à Paris aux Archives Nationales

pH meter, pH-meter

nom masculin (appareil de mesure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le ph-mètre indique que ta terre est acide.

price per square metre

nom masculin (prix d'un mètre carré d'habitation) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tape measure

nom masculin (mètre à enrouleur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce géomètre oublie toujours de prendre son ruban.
The surveyor always forgets to take his tape measure.

recording level gauge

nom masculin (volumètre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il regardait danser l'aiguille du vumètre pendant le clip musical.

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