met

See also: Appendix:Variations of "met"

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: met, IPA^(key): /mɛt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Verb

met

1. simple past and past participle of meet

Translations

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Etymology 2

Verb

met

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of mete (to measure)
   • [1611?], Homer, “Book III”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     Then Hector, Priam’s martial son, stepp’d forth, and met the ground,
     With wise Ulysses, where the blows of combat must resound;

     The spelling has been modernized.

Etymology 3

From Middle English meten (“to dream”), from Old English mætan (“to dream”).

Verb

met (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, simple past met, no past participle)

1. (obsolete, impersonal) To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.
   • c. 1653, William Cartwright, The Ordinary:

     All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.

Usage notes

• Met is a defective, impersonal verb, and as such it only occurs in the past tense, for example:

Me met that I was walking in a wondrous wood where a thousand wild wolfins live. (I dreamt that I was walking in a wondrous forest where a thousand wild she-wolves live)

• In Old English and Middle English this verb was not defective and was used both personally and impersonally. However, in northern rural dialects, where it is still in use, this verb only occurs in the past tense and in impersonal constructions.

Anagrams

• EMT, MTE, TEM, TME

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• moet (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

From Dutch met, from Middle Dutch met, from Old Dutch mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/

• Audio:

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Preposition

met

1. with
   • 1921, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa:

     Met ons land en met ons nasie.

     With our land and with our people.

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛd/

Conjunction

met

1. but

Catalan

Verb

met

1. inflection of metre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• mot, möt (Eifel)

Etymology

From Old High German mit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/ (most dialects)
• IPA^(key): /mɛt/ (few dialects)

Preposition

met (+ dative)

1. (most dialects) with

Derived terms

• mem (contraction with the masculine and neuter definite article)

Chuukese

Determiner

met

1. what

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German mit, from Old High German mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi. Cognate with German mit, Dutch met, Middle English mid, Icelandic með.

Preposition

met

1. (Sette Comuni, + dative) with

Derived terms

• memme
• mettar
• metten

References

• “met” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt]
• Homophone: med
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

met n

1. genitive plural of meta

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch met, from Old Dutch mit, variant of *midi (from which mee, mede), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/, /mɛ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: met
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Preposition

met

1. with, along with (another person)
2. with, using (a tool, instrument or other means)
3. at, for, during (a holiday/festivity)

   Heb je zin om met kerst bij ons langs te komen?

   Do you fancy visiting us for Christmas?

4. (telephony) Used to answer a telephone call, followed by one's name, shortened from "u spreekt met..."

   Met Jan de Vries.

   Hello, this is Jan de Vries.

Declension

Pronominal adverbs of met

preposition	met
postpositional adv.	mee
+ het (it)	ermee
+ dit (this)	hiermee
+ dat (that)	daarmee
+ wat (what)	waarmee
+ iets (something)	ergens mee
+ niets (nothing)	nergens mee
+ alles (everything)	overal mee

Derived terms

• metterdaad
• metterdag
• metterhaast
• mettertijd
• metterwoon
• tot en met

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: mete
• Jersey Dutch: met, mät
• Negerhollands: met, mi, mit, mee
• Skepi Creole Dutch: met

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch met, from Proto-Germanic *matją, whence also German Mett (through Low German). Related with Proto-Germanic *matiz, whence English meat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: met
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

met n or m (uncountable)

1. (dated, Eastern Netherlands) mince (sometimes specifically uncooked)

Derived terms

• metworst

Anagrams

• tem

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːʰt/

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)

1. prestige, image, reputation, regard
2. record

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	met	metið	met	metini
accusative	met	metið	met	metini
dative	meti	metinum	metum	metunum
genitive	mets	metsins	meta	metanna

Derived terms

• heimsmet (world record)
• metár (record year), metsølubók (bestseller), mettíð (record time)

Finnish

Etymology

me with the regular plural suffix -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet/, [ˈme̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification^(key): met
• Hyphenation^(key): met

Pronoun

met (dialectal)

1. (personal) we

Synonyms

• me (standard Finnish)
• myö (dialectal)

Anagrams

• emt

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: mets

Verb

met

1. third-person singular present indicative of mettre

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare Faroese met (“regard, respect”), Old High German mez (“liquid measure, meter”), Old Irish med (“balance, scale”). See also meta (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, nominative plural met)

1. (particularly in the plural) counterweights
2. (particularly in the plural) scale (tool for weighing objects)

   vera þungt á metunum (inanimate) ― be important

   koma sínum metum við ― exercise one's influence

3. regard, respect, image, reputation, prestige

   vera í (miklum/litlum) metum hjá e-m ― be regarded (highly/lowly/ by someone

4. record (most extreme known value of some achievement)

   setja met ― set a record

   hrinda met ― make a record

   slá met ― break a record

Declension

Declension of met (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	met	metið	met	metin
accusative	met	metið	met	metin
dative	meti	metinu	metum	metunum
genitive	mets	metsins	meta	metanna

Derived terms

• heimsmet
• metár
• metsölubók
• mettími
• slá met

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “met”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “met” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• mt — Internet slang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet/ [ˈmet]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɯt/ [ˈmɯt]

Particle

met or mët (Kur-itan spelling ᜋᜒᜆ᜔)

1. too; also
2. used to show mild dissaproval

References

• Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “met”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎^[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN

Kven

Etymology

From Finnish me, from Proto-Finnic *mek, from Proto-Uralic *me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet/

Pronoun

met

1. we

Declension

Declension of met singular plural nominative mie met genitive minun meiđän, meän partitive minnuu, minua meitä accusative minun meiđät, meät illative minhuun meihin inessive minussa meissä elative minusta meistä allative minule, minulet, mulle, mullet meile, meilet adessive minula, mulla meilä ablative minulta, multa meiltä translative minuna meinä essive minuksi meiksi abessive minutta meittä

See also

Kven personal pronouns

	first	second	third anim	third anim or inan
singular	mie	sie	hän	se
plural	met	tet	het	net

References

• Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk‎^[2], Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מת (met).

Adjective

met (Hebrew spelling מת)

1. dead

Synonyms

• niftar

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “met”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC

Latvian

Verb

met

1. inflection of mest:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mest
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mest

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Verb

met

1. Medial form of mete

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Preposition

met [with dative]

1. with
2. by means of, using (a tool, material etc.)
3. at the same time as, at
4. with, under circumstances of
5. concerning

Related terms

• mēde

Descendants

• Dutch: met
• Limburgish: mit

Further reading

• “met (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “met (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Noun

met n

1. Synonym of ġemet (“measure”)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	met	metu
accusative	met	metu
genitive	metes	meta
dative	mete	metum

Derived terms

• metbielġ (“wallet”)
• metcundlīċ (“metrical”)
• metecorn (“apportion or allowance of grain”)
• metġeard (“measuring stick, measuring rod”)
• metrāp (“measuring rope, sounding line”)

Old Saxon

Preposition

met

1. Alternative form of mid

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьměti

Verb

met impf

1. to have

Derived terms

phrases

• rådo met (literally “to like”)
• tedone met (literally “to be dealing with”)

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1973) “met”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 379
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “met”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 94
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Mêt”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 571

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: met

Noun

met

1. genitive plural of meta

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́t/

Noun

mȅt m inan

1. throw (flight of a thrown object)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mèt
gen. sing.	méta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mèt	méta	méti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	méta	métov	métov
dative (dajȃlnik)	métu	métoma	métom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mèt	méta	méte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	métu	métih	métih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	métom	métoma	méti

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mèt
gen. sing.	mêta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mèt	mêta	mêti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mêta	mêtov	mêtov
dative (dajȃlnik)	mêtu	mêtoma	mêtom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mèt	mêta	mête
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mêtu	mêtih	mêtih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mêtom	mêtoma	mêti

Further reading

• “met”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “met”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مد, from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

Noun

met (definite accusative meddi, plural metler)

1. flow
2. tide

Derived terms

• met dalgası

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “met”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Volapük

Noun

met (nominative plural mets)

1. (unit) metre

Declension

Declension of met

	singular	plural
nominative	met	mets
genitive	meta	metas
dative	mete	metes
accusative	meti	metis
vocative 1	o met!	o mets!
predicative 2	metu	metus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yola

Noun

met

1. food, meat in its old meaning.
2. Alternative form of maate (“meat”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 31:

     Coome to thee met.

     Come to thy meat.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 81:

     Zed met.

     Stewed meat.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:

     Raree met in plathearès, ee-zet in a rooe,

     There was choice meat in platters, set in a row,

Derived terms

• met-borde (“dining table”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mət˧/

Noun

met

1. bug

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41