How to Say "Meters" in French

mètres

In French, "meters" is translated as mètres.

mètres refers to units of length within the metric system. The abbreviation m is used for this term in both its singular and plural forms.

Which one should you use?

Mètre linéaire is a more formal way to refer specifically to linear meters.

The singular form of mètres is mètre.

While mètre measures length, the French language uses a completely different word, compteur, for the devices English speakers call 'meters' such as electricity or water meters.
In France, the original physical standard for the mètre was a platinum bar kept in a vault in Paris, which served as the definitive reference for the entire world for over a century.
The word mètre is a cognate of the English 'meter' but also shares the same root as the word 'metronome' and the poetic 'meter', as both relate to the Greek concept of measurement.

Ça fait trois mètres de long.
This is three meters long.
This sentence shows how to use mètres to describe length.
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Il mesure presque deux mètres.
He's almost two meters tall.
This sentence demonstrates using mètres to describe a person's height.
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Ziri a marché quelques mètres.
Ziri walked for a few meters.
This sentence shows how to use mètres to describe a distance walked.
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Les concurrents ont nagé plusieurs mètres
The competitors swam several meters
La rivière mesure environ 200 mètres de large
The river is approximately 200 meters wide
Le stade mesure 100 mètres de long
The stadium is 100 meters long
La maison occupe 150 mètres carrés de terrain
The house occupies 150 square meters of land
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Hugo and Manon are measuring a room for a new rug.

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