liter
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liter¹
- /ˈliː.tə/ UK
- /ˈli.tɚ/ US
- [ˈli.ɾɚ] US
Sounds like leader, litre, lieder · Rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From the Old French litron. A hoax etymology of the fictional Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre has been reproduced as legitimate.
noun liters · lit.
- Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.litre
liter²
noun liters · lit.
- Alternative form of litter.litter
