מטר

מטר • (miṭrā)

1. to rain

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Aramaic ܡܛܪܐ, מִטְרָא (miṭrā), Arabic مَطَر (maṭar).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maːˈtˤaːr/, [maːˈtˤaːr]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔˈtˤɔr/, [mɔːˈtˤɔːrˤ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈtaʁ/

מָטָר • (matár) m (plural indefinite מְטָרִים, singular construct מְטַר־, plural construct מִטְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. (literary, meteorology) rain

• גֶּשֶׁם

• מטרייה (mitriyá, “umbrella”)
• מָטָר מֵטֵאוֹרִים (matár-mete'órim)

• H4306 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

From French mètre and cognates, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”).

מֶטֶר • (méter) m (plural indefinite מֶטְרִים)

1. metre
2. (colloquial) measuring tape

• סִימֶטְרִי (“symmetrical”)

• “מטר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• מטר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

• מרט