metan
Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metan m inan
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Coordinate terms edit
Further reading edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
metan
- inflection of meter:
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From French méthane and German Methan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metan n (genitive singular metans, no plural)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “metan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
metan
- Abbreviation of media tanam (“growth medium”).
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
metan
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “metan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)
References edit
- “metan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
metan m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 644.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 409.
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *metan.
Verb edit
metan
- to measure
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “metan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
metan
- to measure
- to compare
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Lōca nu þæt þū ofergemet ne wilnige, nū ðū hī tōgædere metest. Woldest þū cunnan God swā swā Alipius?
- Look to it now that thy desire be not beyond measure, now that thou comparest them together. Wouldst thou know God just as thou dost Alypius?
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- to compare (to something = wiþ + accusative or tō + dative)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Hit nis nā tō metenne, þæt ġeendodlīċe wiþ þæt unġeendodlīċe.
- It's not comparable, the finite with the infinite.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Usage notes edit
- For the phrase “compared to,” wiþ is used by itself (Hū earfoþe is Crēċisċ wiþ Lǣden? = “How hard is Greek compared to Latin?”), or with the phrase tō metenne (Hwæt eart þū wiþ mē tō metenne? = “What are you compared to me?”, literally “to compare with me”).
Conjugation edit
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third person singular | , | |
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participle | present | past |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mētan
Conjugation edit
infinitive | mētan | mētenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | mēte | mētte |
second person singular | mētest, mētst | mēttest |
third person singular | mēteþ, mētt, mēt | mētte |
plural | mētaþ | mētton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | mēte | mētte |
plural | mēten | mētten |
imperative | ||
singular | mēt | |
plural | mētaþ | |
participle | present | past |
mētende | (ġe)mēted |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *maitijan (“to sculpt”), from Proto-Germanic *maitijaną, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“to cut”). Compare Old High German meizan (“to hew, cut, chisel”), Old Norse meita (“to cut”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (maitan, “to cut”). Doublet of mǣtan (“to appear in a dream”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mētan
Conjugation edit
infinitive | mētan | mētenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | mēte | mētte |
second person singular | mētest, mētst | mēttest |
third person singular | mēteþ, mētt, mēt | mētte |
plural | mētaþ | mētton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | mēte | mētte |
plural | mēten | mētten |
imperative | ||
singular | mēt | |
plural | mētaþ | |
participle | present | past |
mētende | (ġe)mēted |
Synonyms edit
- *tīefran (“to paint”)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle English: meten (“to sculpt, design; paint”)
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *metan.
Verb edit
metan
Conjugation edit
infinitive | metan | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | mitu | mat |
2nd person singular | mitis | māti |
3rd person singular | mitid | mat |
plural | metad | mātun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | mete | māti |
2nd person singular | metes | mātis |
3rd person singular | mete | māti |
plural | meten | mātin |
imperative | present | |
singular | met | |
plural | metad | |
participle | present | past |
mitandi | gimetan, metan |
Descendants edit
- Low German: meten
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
From French méthane and German Methan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metan m
- methane (CH₄)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metan m inan
- methane (CH₄)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metan n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- metan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mètān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄н)
- (chemistry, uncountable) methane (CH₄)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Participle edit
metán
Declension edit
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | metan | metana | metano |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | metan ind metani def |
metana | metano |
genitive | metanega | metane | metanega |
dative | metanemu | metani | metanemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
metano | metano |
locative | metanem | metani | metanem |
instrumental | metanim | metano | metanim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | metana | metani | metani |
genitive | metanih | metanih | metanih |
dative | metanima | metanima | metanima |
accusative | metana | metani | metani |
locative | metanih | metanih | metanih |
instrumental | metanima | metanima | metanima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | metani | metane | metana |
genitive | metanih | metanih | metanih |
dative | metanim | metanim | metanim |
accusative | metane | metane | metana |
locative | metanih | metanih | metanih |
instrumental | metanimi | metanimi | metanimi |
Spanish edit
Verb edit
metan
- inflection of meter:
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metan n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Declension of metan | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | metan | metanet | — | — |
Genitive | metans | metanets | — | — |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- metan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
Anagrams edit
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm, compare Malay hitam.
Adjective edit
metan