Met
TranslingualEdit
NounEdit
Met
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of methionine
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of metropolitan.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Met
- (London) The London Underground Metropolitan Line
- (London, historical) The Metropolitan Railway
- (London, law enforcement, usually with "the") The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS)
- (US, with "the") The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
- (New York, art, with "the") The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.
SynonymsEdit
- (3) Metropol
- (1, 2) Metropolitan
NounEdit
Met (plural Mets)
- (London, informal) A Metropolitan Line train
- (baseball) A player for the New York Mets
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German mete, from Old High German metu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”).
Compare Dutch mede, English mead, Danish mjød.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Met m (strong, genitive Metes or Mets, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Met [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Further readingEdit
- “Met” in Duden online