LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix

-metria

-metria
Classical[mɛ.tri.a]Ecclesiastical[me.tri.a]

Meaning

  1. morpheme-metry

Origins

From Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría), from μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y: forming abstract nouns”).

Descendants
  • Catalan-metria
  • French-métrie
  • English-metryfrom French -métrie
  • Italian-metria
  • Portuguese-metria
  • Spanish-metría
  • Finnish-metria
  • Polish-metria

Quick answers

What does -metria mean in Latin?
-metria, a suffix, means “-metry”.
How do you pronounce -metria?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.tri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.tri.a].