nounadjective
le métro
metro
Train souterrain qui transporte les gens rapidement dans une ville.
Definition & meaning
Métro means subway, underground, or metro: an urban railway system, often running beneath the ground. It can also refer to a train on that system.
- Je prends le métro pour aller au travail. — I take the subway to work.
Grammar & Word origin
Métro is a masculine noun: un métro, le métro. Its plural is métros.
It is a shortened form of métropolitain , from chemin de fer métropolitain, meaning “metropolitan railway.”
Synonyms & antonyms
- métropolitain — the full, more formal term for a metro system; it is much less common in everyday speech.
- souterrain — means “underground” and is not a direct synonym, since not all metros run entirely underground.
There is no direct antonym.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
Ce matin, je vais prendre le métro.noun
This morning, I am going to take the metro.
Marie utilise le métro chaque jour.noun
Marie uses the metro every day.
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