métro

Definition

Alternative form of metro, used for a system in a French-speaking city.

Example Sentences

• "“Where are we going, Jean-Michel?” He answered jokingly, “To the métro. It’s often much better to take the métro than it is to drive, but we need to hurry. After 7:00 p.m. there are fewer métros that come through the Pont Marie station.”"
• "On a crisp fall day, traveling by your lonesome during rush hour, the métro is surely your best option. Inflexibly refusing to take the métro because of social cachet or personal inconvenience is just bad policy, when you will have to spend ten times as much at triple the time to get to a specific destination in a taxi."
• "On Day Five, take the métro to Opéra to visit the stunning Opéra Garnier with its mural by Marc Chagall."