French word

métrage

Pronunciation

IPA/metʁaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounyardage

Example

Quel métrage faut-il pour couvrir le sol ?

How much yardage is needed to cover the floor?

Illustration for métrage (yardage)

More examples

Pour le coussin, calculez le métrage nécessaire.

For the cushion, calculate the required yardage.

Core concept

A tape measure running along fabric or film, with its total length recorded in metres.

Common phrases

  • Quel métrage

    how much yardage

  • métrage nécessaire

    the required yardage

Similar words

longueur: The distance from one end of an object to the other.
mètre: A unit used to measure length.

Definition in French

Valeur de longueur exprimée en mètres, souvent employée pour mesurer un rouleau de tissu ou la longueur d'un film.

Word origin

Mètre comes through Latin metrum from Greek metron, and métrage adds the French suffix -age for a measured amount.

Usage tips

  • In everyday requests, combien de mètres often sounds more natural than quel métrage, which has a formal or technical tone.

Other meanings

  • footagenoun

Related words

  • court-métrageshort filmnoun
  • long-métragefeature filmnoun

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