English-Italian translations for litre

• litro
  Per fin troppo a lungo un litro di latte è costato meno di un litro di cola e di acqua. For far too long a litre of milk has cost less than a litre of cola and less than a litre of water.
  All'epoca, l'operaio doveva lavorare nove minuti per un litro di latte; ora soltanto tre. In those days he had to work nine minutes for a litre of milk; today only three.
  Per ogni litro di latte, alcuni piccoli allevatori perdono fino a 30 centesimi. On each litre of milk, some small farmers are losing up to 30 cents.

Definition of litre

• The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ
• A measure of volume equivalent to a litre

Examples

• You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.

Related words

• decalitre
• decilitre
• petalitre
• teralitre
• gigalitre
• megalitre
• kilolitre
• hectolitre
• millilitre