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It's a lot harder to stick to my regime when I'm travelling, so when I'm home, I make sure that when I wake up in the morning, I drink one litre of water with lemon to cleanse my body from the inside, and then I'll have a big jar of vegetable juice.
Valentina Zelyaeva

Meaning of "litre" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LITRE

From French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LITRE

litre  [ˈliːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Litre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LITRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Litre

The litre or liter is a non-SI metric system unit of volume equal to 1 cubic decimetre, 1,000 cubic centimetres or 1/1,000 cubic metre. A cubic decimetre occupies a volume of 10×10×10 centimetres and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre. The original French metric system used the litre as a base unit. The word litre is derived from an older French unit, the litron, whose name came from Greek via Latin, and which equalled approximately 0.831 litres. The litre was also used in several subsequent versions of the metric system and is accepted for use with the SI, although not an official SI unit—the SI unit of volume is the cubic metre. The spelling of the word used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is "litre" and this is also the usual one in most English-speaking countries, but in American English the standard spelling is "liter". The first name of the litre was Cadil; standards are shown at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris. One litre of liquid water has a mass of almost exactly one kilogram, due to the gram being defined in 1795 as one cubic centimetre of water at the temperature of melting ice.

Definition of litre in the English dictionary

The definition of litre in the dictionary is one cubic decimetre. Other definition of litre is the volume occupied by 1 kilogram of pure water at 4°C and 760 millimetres of mercury. This is equivalent to 1.000 028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITRE


centiliter
ˈsɛntɪliːtə
centilitre
ˈsɛntɪˌliːtə
completer
kəmˈpliːtə
decaliter
ˈdɛkəˌliːtə
deciliter
ˈdɛsɪˌliːtə
decilitre
ˈdɛsɪˌliːtə
dekaliter
ˈdekəˌliːtə
fleeter
ˈfliːtə
hectoliter
ˈhɛktəʊˌliːtə
hectolitre
ˈhɛktəʊˌliːtə
kilolitre
ˈkɪləʊˌliːtə
liter
ˈliːtə
Lolita
ˌlɒˈliːtə
microliter
ˈmaɪkrəʊˈliːtə
microlitre
ˈmaɪkrəʊˈliːtə
milliliter
ˈmɪlɪliːtə
millilitre
ˈmɪlɪˌliːtə
pleater
ˈpliːtə
valeta
vəˈliːtə
veleta
vəˈliːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITRE

litigation friend
litigator
litigious
litigiously
litigiousness
litmus
litmus paper
litmus test
litotes
litotic
LittB
LittD
litten
litter
litter basket
litter bin
litter box
litter lout
litterbag
littered

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITRE

bishop´s mitre
Chile nitre
decalitre
dekalitre
exophthalmic goitre
goitre
mitre
nitre
reconnoitre
soda nitre
titre
unmitre

Synonyms and antonyms of litre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «litre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITRE

Find out the translation of litre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of litre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «litre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

litro
570 millions of speakers

English

litre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लीटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لِتْرٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

литр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

litro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিটার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

litre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Liter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Liter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リットル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lít
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லிட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

litre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

litro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

litr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

літр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

litru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λίτρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

liter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of litre

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITRE»

The term «litre» is very widely used and occupies the 14.940 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «litre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «litre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about litre

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QUOTES WITH «LITRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word litre.
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Valentina Zelyaeva
It's a lot harder to stick to my regime when I'm travelling, so when I'm home, I make sure that when I wake up in the morning, I drink one litre of water with lemon to cleanse my body from the inside, and then I'll have a big jar of vegetable juice.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITRE»

Discover the use of litre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to litre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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1 1/2-Litre Gp Racing 1961-1965
The story of a Grand Prix formula largely overlooked due to the perception that the cars were underpowered and hence unspectacular.
Mark Whitelock, 2006
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BMC (Leyland) 1.5 + 1.8 Litre Diesel Engines Operation and ...
This book contains the operator's handbooks as well as the complete repair operation manuals for these still very popular marine and stationary engines.
Bmc, 2010
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How to Power Tune Jaguar XK 3.4, 3.8 & 4.2 Litre Engines
Des Hammill. A road going engine should be set to the low side of the percentage CO recommendations in the interests of fuel economy but that mixture might not be all that suitable for sustained high rpm high load cruising. When testing an ...
Des Hammill, 2005
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Jaguar E-type V12 5.3 Litre: The Essential Buyer's Guide
With the aid of this book's step-by-step guidance from a marque specialist, and helpful unique points system, learn how to place the car's value in relation to condition.
Peter Crespin, 2007
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Maximum Cylinder
1 5,46 5,46 meter 23413,9758879388 litre O 1 5,47 5,47 meter 23499, 8199071982 litre O 1 5,48 5,48 meter 23585,8210060902 litre O 1 5,49 5,49 meter 23671,9791846149 litre O 1 5,50 5,50 meter 23758,2944427723 litre O 1 5,51 5,51 ...
Christiaan Robert Thonus
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Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine
intervals. Biochemistry (always consult your local laboratory) TableA1 Substance Reference interval ACTH <80ng/litre Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 5–35IU/litre Albumin 35–50g/litre Aldosterone1 100–500pmol/litre Alkaline phosphatase ...
Punit Ramrakha, Kevin Moore, Amir Sam, 2010
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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural ...
Herbicides used and the concentration of active ingredient after dilution with water for spraying were: 2,4,5-T butyl ester (36 g/litre); triclopyr ester (24 g/litre); triclopyr ester + picloram triiso- propanolamine (TIPA) salt 4:1 (20 + 5 g/litre); 2,4- D ...
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Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Minor Landscaping, Gardening ...
campestre, medium, pot 1 litre campestre, medium, pot 2 litre platanoides, small, pot 1 litre platanoides, small, pot 1 litre platanoised, medium, pot 1 litre platanoides, medium, pot 2 litre platanoides, small, pot 1 litre platanoides, small, pot 1 litre ...
Bryan Spain, 2004
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Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice ...
Embryogenic callus was subcultured on CC or MS medium supplemented with 1 or 2 mg/litre 2,4-D and cultured in dim light at 26°C. Under these conditions the proliferation of somatic embryos continued over several subcultures, and the ...
International Rice Research Institute, 1986
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Reports from Committees
1 Litre is : erg. 1 Milli-litre or 1/1 000th Litre is = 4 Pecks = 1 bushel. 2 Bushels = I strike. 2 Strikes = 1 coomb. 2 Coombs = 1 quarter. l/1000th Litre is called a Milli- litre, or a Milli-1., or a Mi-L 100th Litre is called a Centi-litre, or a Centi-1., or a ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1862

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term litre is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hungary Mol to slash gasoline price HUF 9 per litre as … - Portfolio.hu
Hungarian fuels group Mol is to slash the wholesale list price of gasoline by HUF 9 per litre and lower the price of diesel by HUF 3 per litre on ... «portfolio.hu, Jul 15»
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Arsenic toxicity exceeds WHO limit by nearly 8 times in Gomti …
He further added that at Hussainabad and Monkey bridge (Nishanganj bridge), 0.062 mg/litre and 0.060 mg/litre of Arsenic have been found ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Morrisons cuts forecourt price of diesel by up to 2p a litre | Money …
Morrisons is stepping up a supermarket price war on the forecourt by cutting the cost of diesel by up to 2p a litre. It said the reduction – which is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Want to fill up for £1 a litre? Take Euro driving holiday
Local motorists could be filling up at pumps charging just £1 a litre this summer - if they are on holiday on the Continent. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Diesel price to go up by Rs 2.80 a litre in Chandigarh
With this hike, the retail rate of diesel will be Rs 50.40 per litre as against current rate of Rs 47.60 a litre, an increase of Rs 2.80 per litre. Diesel ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»
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Adventurers from Gloucester to drive to Mongolia in 1.2 litre Peugeot …
Mark Stephenson and his son Clint, from Robinswood Hill, have bought a 1.2 litre Peugeot 106 which they hope will survive the 5,500 mile ... «Gloucester Citizen, Jul 15»
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Renault Kwid to get 1.0litre petrol unit
Reports suggest that a few months into the launch, the Kwid will also be introduced with a larger 1.0-litre engine. To keeps things fresh over ... «Zigwheels.com, Jul 15»
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Sri Lanka Chevron unit wins 1.1mn litre CEB lube deal
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Chevron Lubricants unit had won a deal to supply 1.1 million litres of lube to state-run Ceylon Electricity Board ... «EconomyNext, Jul 15»
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Five-million litre spill
A pipeline at Nexen's Long Lake oilsands project in northeastern Alberta has failed, spilling an estimated five million litres of bitumen, produced ... «Castanet.net, Jul 15»
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Graham's Dairy slammed for paying farmers 7p a litre for some milk
Scotland's largest independent dairy company, Graham's The Family Dairy, has come under fire over plans to pay farmers 7p a litre for a ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Litre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/litre>. Apr 2024 ».
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