Met

See also: met, MET, mét, mèt, mêt, mệt, meť, męt, met-, and -met

Translingual

Noun

Met

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of methionine

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English

Etymology

Clipping of metropolitan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt/
• Homophone: met
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Proper noun

Met

1. (London) The London Underground Metropolitan Line
2. (London, historical) The Metropolitan Railway
3. (London, law enforcement, usually with "the") The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS)
4. (US, with "the") The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
5. (New York, art, with "the") The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.

Synonyms

• (3) Metropol
• (1, 2) Metropolitan

Noun

Met (plural Mets)

1. (London, informal) A Metropolitan Line train
2. (baseball) A player for the New York Mets

Anagrams

• EMT, MTE, TEM, TME

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German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːt/

• Audio

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Noun

Met m (strong, genitive Metes or Mets, no plural)

1. mead

   Synonym: Honigwein

Declension

Declension of Met [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Met
genitive	eines	des	Metes, Mets
dative	einem	dem	Met, Mete1
accusative	einen	den	Met

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Further reading

• “Met” in Duden online