Dictionaries › English

litre

Pronunciation: /ˈliːtə/

The English word “litre” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
  2. A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
  3. Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.

Etymology

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.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “litre” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.