Word
litre
UK/lˈiːtɐ/
US spelling · liter
Definition
n. a bottle or container that holds exactly one litre.
n. a container or vessel with a capacity of one litre, often used metonymically for the contents.
Examples
“I need to buy a two-litre bottle of water.”
“The car's engine has a capacity of 1.6 litres, making it quite fuel-efficient for city driving.”
“Standard laboratory protocols require the solution to be diluted with exactly one litre of distilled water to ensure the chemical concentration remains consistent across all trials.”
Examples
simple
“I need to buy a two-litre bottle of water.”
contextual
“The car's engine has a capacity of 1.6 litres, making it quite fuel-efficient for city driving.”
complex
“Standard laboratory protocols require the solution to be diluted with exactly one litre of distilled water to ensure the chemical concentration remains consistent across all trials.”
Real-World Examples
“Today his grandson George Scott makes nearly a million litres of cider a year.” “More than 400,000 litres of fuel spilled in the area causing an "environmental disaster".” 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.
Borrowed from Spanish litre.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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