{
    "term": "litre",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring volume, equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "3 litres of water"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a litre bottle of wine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a car with a 3.5 litre engine"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Maths and measurement"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːtə(r)/",
                "audio": "li/litre/litre__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːtər/",
                "audio": "li/litre/litre__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 18th cent.: from French, alteration of litron (an obsolete measure of capacity), via medieval Latin from Greek litra, a Sicilian monetary unit."
}