-meter
Syllables: -me·ter/-mɪ.tə/US/-mɪ.təɹ/
-meter suffix: used to form the names of measuring devices.
Suffix
-meter (noun-forming suffix, plural -meters)
- Used to form the names of measuring devices.
Forms of -meter
| plural | -meters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | -o-meter |
| alternative form | -ometer |
| alternative UK (nonstandard) | -metre |
Origin of -meter
Borrowed from French -mètre, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).
Words formed from -meter
- barometer
- ceilometer
- colorimeter
- densimeter
- densitometer
- dilatometer
- dynamometer
- erythrocytometer
- esthesiometer
- extensometer
- hemacytometer
- hemocytometer
- manometer
- microdensitometer
- odometer
- osmometer
- pedometer
- penetrometer
- pluviometer
- potentiometer
- pulsometer
- pyrheliometer
- reflectometer
- respirometer
- rheogoniometer
- saccharimeter
- salimeter
- salinometer
- salometer
- sclerometer
- sensitometer
- solarimeter
- spectrophotometer
- speedometer
- spherometer
- sphygmomanometer
- strainometer
- tachometer
- taximeter
- tellurometer
- tensimeter
- tensiometer
- transmissometer
- turbidimeter
- ultramicrometer
- urinometer
- variometer
- velocimeter
- vinometer
- viscosimeter
- voltammeter
- volumeter
- zymometer
Questions about -meter
- What does -meter mean?
- -meter means used to form the names of measuring devices.
- What part of speech is -meter?
- -meter is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -meter?
- -meter is pronounced /-mɪ.tə/ (UK).
Words near -meter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -meter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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