litre
Syllables: li·tre/ˈliːtə/US/ˈli.tɚ/
litre noun: the metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ. Also the alternative form of litter.
Noun (1)
litre (plural litres)
- The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
- Holonyms: kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
- Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre
- A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
Noun (2)
litre (plural litres)
- Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.
Also used as
litre is also the alternative form of litter.
litre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
litre in Hindi
- unit of fluid measure
- लीटर līṭar
litre in Tamil
- unit of fluid measure
- லிட்டர் liṭṭar
litre in Urdu
- unit of fluid measure
- لیٹر līṭar
litre in Bengali
- unit of fluid measure
- লিটার liṭar
More languagesFewer languages
- litre in Telugu
- లీటరు līṭaru
- litre in Malayalam
- ലിറ്റർ, ലീറ്റർ
- litre in Kannada
- ಲೀಟರ್
- litre in Punjabi
- ਲੀਟਰ, ਲਿਟਰ
- litre in Gujarati
- લિટર, લીટર
- litre in Sinhala
- ලීටර් līṭar
- litre in Tagalog
- litro
- litre in Arabic
- لِتْر litr
- litre in Malay
- liter
- litre in Indonesian
- liter
- litre in Persian
- لیتر litr
- litre in Thai
- ลิตร lít
- litre in Vietnamese
- lít
- litre in Myanmar
- လီတာ lita
Examples of litre in a sentence
- It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.
- One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).
- They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.
Forms of litre
| plural | litres |
|---|---|
| alternative US | liter |
Origin of litre
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.
Borrowed from Spanish litre.
Words formed from litre
Questions about litre
- What does litre mean?
- Litre means the metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
- What is litre in Hindi?
- Litre in Hindi is लीटर (līṭar). See Litre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is litre?
- Litre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce litre?
- Litre is pronounced /ˈliːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of litre?
- The plural of litre is litres.
Words near litre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: litre (page history and authors); litre (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); litre (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); litre (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); litre (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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