English

Alternative forms

• (US) liter

Noun

litre ‎(plural litres) (chiefly British, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian / NZ spelling)

1. The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ

   You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.

2. (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.

Usage notes

• The litre is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with SI units. The official SI symbols are the capital or lower-case roman L. The script symbol ℓ, while not officially sanctioned, was sometimes used in non-technical contexts to prevent the lower-case roman l from being confused with 1, the number one.

Translations

External links

• litre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• liter
• relit
• tiler

Catalan

Etymology

From French litre.

Noun

litre m ‎(plural litres)

1. Litre.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα ‎(lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /litʁ/

Noun

litre m ‎(plural litres)

1. litre

Related terms

• litron

Descendants

Anagrams

• relit

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲitʲɾʲə/

Noun

litre f

1. (archaic) Alternative form of litreach: genitive singular of litir
2. (archaic) Alternative form of litreacha: nominative plural of litir

References

• "litre" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French litre.

Noun

litre m ‎(plural litres)

1. (Jersey) litre