submeter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *médeti

Proto-Germanic *metaną

Proto-West Germanic *metan

Old English metan

Middle English meten

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English metere

English meter

English submeter

From sub- + meter.

Noun

submeter (plural submeters)

1. A utility meter, especially for electricity, that allows for the monitoring of usage on a portion of a distribution network, especially not owned by a utility, past a main meter.
   • 2009 February 15, Manny Fernandez, “State Freezes Plan to Have Tenants Pay Electric Bills”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 June 2024:

     Proponents say residential submeters encourage tenants to reduce their energy consumption by making households that never had to worry about electricity costs take financial responsibility for the power they use.

Translations

utility meter

Verb

submeter (third-person singular simple present submeters, present participle submetering, simple past and past participle submetered)

1. (transitive) To install a submeter for.
   • 2009 February 15, Manny Fernandez, “State Freezes Plan to Have Tenants Pay Electric Bills”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 June 2024:

     “The submetering program is intended to help conserve energy, which is something that we remain committed to,” he said.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To charge for electricity usage measured by a submeter.

Translations

install a submeter for

(intransitive) to charge for electricity based on a submeter

(transitive) to charge (someone) for electricity based on a submeter

Adjective

submeter (not comparable)

1. On a scale based on units smaller than meters.

Anagrams

• bum steer, embrutes

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin submittere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bi.meˈte(ʁ)/ [su.bi.meˈte(h)], /sub.meˈte(ʁ)/ [sub.meˈte(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bi.meˈte(ʁ)/ [su.bi.meˈte(h)], /sub.meˈte(ʁ)/ [sub.meˈte(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.bi.meˈte(ɾ)/, /sub.meˈte(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.bi.meˈte(ʁ)/ [su.bi.meˈte(χ)], /sub.meˈte(ʁ)/ [sub.meˈte(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /su.bi.meˈte(ɻ)/, /sub.meˈte(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sub.mɨˈteɾ/ [suβ.mɨˈteɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sub.mɨˈteɾ/ [suβ.mɨˈteɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sub.mɨˈte.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sub‧me‧ter

Verb

submeter (first-person singular present submeto, first-person singular preterite submeti, past participle submetido)

1. to submit
2. to subjugate

   Synonym: subjugar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of submeter (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	submeter
Personal	submeter	submeteres	submeter	submetermos	submeterdes	submeterem
Gerund
	submetendo
Past participle
Masculine	submetido			submetidos
Feminine	submetida			submetidas
Indicative
Present	submeto	submetes	submete	submetemos	submeteis	submetem
Imperfect	submetia	submetias	submetia	submetíamos	submetíeis	submetiam
Preterite	submeti	submeteste	submeteu	submetemos	submetestes	submeteram
Pluperfect	submetera	submeteras	submetera	submetêramos	submetêreis	submeteram
Future	submeterei	submeterás	submeterá	submeteremos	submetereis	submeterão
Conditional	submeteria	submeterias	submeteria	submeteríamos	submeteríeis	submeteriam
Subjunctive
Present	submeta	submetas	submeta	submetamos	submetais	submetam
Imperfect	submetesse	submetesses	submetesse	submetêssemos	submetêsseis	submetessem
Future	submeter	submeteres	submeter	submetermos	submeterdes	submeterem
Imperative
Affirmative		submete	submeta	submetamos	submetei	submetam
Negative (não)		não submetas	não submeta	não submetamos	não submetais	não submetam

Related terms

• submissão

Further reading

• “submeter”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “submeter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026