meta
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From meta-, back-formed from metaphysics.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtə/, [ˈmɛɾə]
- Rhymes: -ɛtə
AdjectiveEdit
meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)
- (informal) Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
- Suppose you have a genie that grants you three wishes. If you wish for infinite wishes, that is a meta wish.
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/, [ˈmiːɾə]
- Rhymes: -iːtə
NounEdit
- Boundary marker.
- (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
Etymology 3Edit
Clipping of metagame. Folk etymology also suggests an initialism of most efficient tactic available.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtə/, [ˈmɛɾə]
- Rhymes: -ɛtə
NounEdit
meta (plural metas)
- (video games) Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game in a given period of time.
- I don't think the character will be part of the meta even with the recent buffs.
- (by extension, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- Each video sharing platform's community has a meta on how long videos should be.
AdjectiveEdit
meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)
- (video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.
- I don't think the character will be meta even with the recent buffs.
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtə/, [ˈmɛɾə]
- Rhymes: -ɛtə
NounEdit
meta (plural metas)
AnagramsEdit
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
meta inan
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin mēta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta f (plural metes)
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “meta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
meta f
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
meta
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "meta" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further readingEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metaną, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
VerbEdit
meta (third person singular past indicative metti or metaði, third person plural past indicative mett or metað, supine mett or metað)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of meta (group v-2-30) | ||
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infinitive | meta | |
supine | mett/ metað | |
participle (a5/a6)1 | metandi | mettur/ metaður |
present | past | |
first singular | meti | metti/ metaði |
second singular | metir/ metar |
metti/ metaði |
third singular | metir/ metar |
metti/ metaði |
plural | meta | mettu/ metaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | met/ meta! |
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plural | metið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of meta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | meta | metat | |
genitive | metan | metojen | |
partitive | metaa | metoja | |
illative | metaan | metoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meta | metat | |
accusative | nom. | meta | metat |
gen. | metan | ||
genitive | metan | metojen metainrare | |
partitive | metaa | metoja | |
inessive | metassa | metoissa | |
elative | metasta | metoista | |
illative | metaan | metoihin | |
adessive | metalla | metoilla | |
ablative | metalta | metoilta | |
allative | metalle | metoille | |
essive | metana | metoina | |
translative | metaksi | metoiksi | |
instructive | — | metoin | |
abessive | metatta | metoitta | |
comitative | — | metoineen |
Possessive forms of meta (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | metani | metamme |
2nd person | metasi | metanne |
3rd person | metansa |
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
meta (comparative metább, superlative legmetább)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | meta | meták |
accusative | metát | metákat |
dative | metának | metáknak |
instrumental | metával | metákkal |
causal-final | metáért | metákért |
translative | metává | metákká |
terminative | metáig | metákig |
essive-formal | metaként | metákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | metában | metákban |
superessive | metán | metákon |
adessive | metánál | metáknál |
illative | metába | metákba |
sublative | metára | metákra |
allative | metához | metákhoz |
elative | metából | metákból |
delative | metáról | metákról |
ablative | metától | metáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
metáé | metáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
metáéi | metákéi |
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.
VerbEdit
meta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative mat, third-person plural past indicative mátu, supine metið)
- to measure
- to assess
- to appreciate, to esteem, to consider to be of worth
ConjugationEdit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að meta | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
metið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
metandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég met | við metum | present (nútíð) |
ég meti | við metum |
þú metur | þið metið | þú metir | þið metið | ||
hann, hún, það metur | þeir, þær, þau meta | hann, hún, það meti | þeir, þær, þau meti | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég mat | við mátum | past (þátíð) |
ég mæti | við mætum |
þú mast | þið mátuð | þú mætir | þið mætuð | ||
hann, hún, það mat | þeir, þær, þau mátu | hann, hún, það mæti | þeir, þær, þau mætu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
met (þú) | metið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
mettu | metiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að metast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
metist | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
metandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég mest | við metumst | present (nútíð) |
ég metist | við metumst |
þú mest | þið metist | þú metist | þið metist | ||
hann, hún, það mest | þeir, þær, þau metast | hann, hún, það metist | þeir, þær, þau metist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég mast | við mátumst | past (þátíð) |
ég mætist | við mætumst |
þú mast | þið mátust | þú mætist | þið mætust | ||
hann, hún, það mast | þeir, þær, þau mátust | hann, hún, það mætist | þeir, þær, þau mætust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
mest (þú) | metist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
mestu | metisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
metinn | metin | metið | metnir | metnar | metin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
metinn | metna | metið | metna | metnar | metin | |
dative (þágufall) |
metnum | metinni | metnu | metnum | metnum | metnum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
metins | metinnar | metins | metinna | metinna | metinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
metni | metna | metna | metnu | metnu | metnu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
metna | metnu | metna | metnu | metnu | metnu | |
dative (þágufall) |
metna | metnu | metna | metnu | metnu | metnu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
metna | metnu | metna | metnu | metnu | metnu |
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
meta
IndonesianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit मत्त (matta, “mad, drunken”). Compare to Balinese ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ (mata, “furious”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mêta
Further readingEdit
- “meta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta f (plural mete)
- destination
- Synonyms: arrivo, destinazione
- (figurative) aim, goal, end
- Synonyms: scopo, intenzione, fine
- (sports) a score
- (Ancient Rome) meta (either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus)
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta f (plural mete)
DescendantsEdit
- → Serbo-Croatian: méta
Etymology 3Edit
Clipping of metaldeide.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta m (invariable)
AnagramsEdit
KazukuruEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
meta
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *mētā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”), whence mētior, with which compare the derived mētor.
Cognate with Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis), μέτρον (métron), μέτριος (métrios), Old Church Slavonic мѣра (měra); compare also Hungarian mér, Russian ме́ра (méra), Serbo-Croatian mera and mjera, English meal.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.ta/, [ˈmeːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ta/, [ˈmɛːt̪ä]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.taː/, [ˈmeːt̪äː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ta/, [ˈmɛːt̪ä]
NounEdit
mēta f (genitive mētae); first declension
- cone, pyramid
- turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
- boundary limit
- (figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mēta | mētae |
Genitive | mētae | mētārum |
Dative | mētae | mētīs |
Accusative | mētam | mētās |
Ablative | mētā | mētīs |
Vocative | mēta | mētae |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
LatvianEdit
VerbEdit
meta
LithuanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mẽta
MalteseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- mita (dialectal)
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
meta
ConjunctionEdit
meta
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
VerbEdit
meta (singular past indicative mat, plural past indicative mátu, past participle metinn)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | meta | |
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present participle | metandi | |
past participle | metinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | met | mat |
2nd-person singular | metr | mazt |
3rd-person singular | metr | mat |
1st-person plural | metum | mátum |
2nd-person plural | metið | mátuð |
3rd-person plural | meta | mátu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | meta | mæta |
2nd-person singular | metir | mætir |
3rd-person singular | meti | mæti |
1st-person plural | metim | mætim |
2nd-person plural | metið | mætið |
3rd-person plural | meti | mæti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | met | |
1st-person plural | metum | |
2nd-person plural | metið |
infinitive | metask | |
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present participle | metandisk | |
past participle | metizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | metumk | mátumk |
2nd-person singular | mezk | mazk |
3rd-person singular | mezk | mazk |
1st-person plural | metumsk | mátumsk |
2nd-person plural | metizk | mátuzk |
3rd-person plural | metask | mátusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | metumk | mætumk |
2nd-person singular | metisk | mætisk |
3rd-person singular | metisk | mætisk |
1st-person plural | metimsk | mætimsk |
2nd-person plural | metizk | mætizk |
3rd-person plural | metisk | mætisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | mezk | |
1st-person plural | metumsk | |
2nd-person plural | metizk |
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “meta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta f
- (sports) finish line, winning post
- Był tak wyczerpany, że ledwo dobiegł do mety. ― He was so tired that he hardly reached the finish line.
- goal, end
- range, distance
- (colloquial) familiar store or restaurant
- (colloquial) a place where one can stay for a short while
- (colloquial) a place where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk
- (bodybuilding slang) methandrostenolone, an anabolic steroid
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Ukrainian: мета́ (metá)
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mēta (“turning spot in arena; goal”). Doublet of meda.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
- Hyphenation: me‧ta
NounEdit
meta f (plural metas)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative formsEdit
- mêta (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -etɐ
- Hyphenation: me‧ta
VerbEdit
meta
- inflection of meter:
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian meta, from Latin mēta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
méta f (Cyrillic spelling ме́та)
DeclensionEdit
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *męta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mẹ̑ta f
- mint (plant)
InflectionEdit
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | méta | ||
gen. sing. | méte | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
méta | méti | méte |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
méte | mét | mét |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
méti | métama | métam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
méto | méti | méte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
méti | métah | métah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
méto | métama | métami |
Further readingEdit
- “meta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin meta (“turning spot in arena; goal”).
NounEdit
meta f (plural metas)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
meta
- inflection of meter:
Further readingEdit
- “meta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
meta (n class, plural meta)
- Alternative form of mita
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *maitaną.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
meta (present metar, preterite metade, supine metat, imperative meta)
ConjugationEdit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | meta | metas | ||
Supine | metat | metats | ||
Imperative | meta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | meten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | metar | metade | metas | metades |
Ind. plural1 | meta | metade | metas | metades |
Subjunctive2 | mete | metade | metes | metades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | metande | |||
Past participle | metad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- meta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- meta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- meta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- meta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
AnagramsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish متاع (mataʿ, “any organ or article of enjoyment, possession, or commerce”)[1], from Arabic مَتَاع (matāʕ, “property, possessions”)[2].
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meta (definite accusative metayı, plural metalar)
DeclensionEdit
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Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “متاع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1678
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “meta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further readingEdit
- meta in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “meta²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3172
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse *mita, meta, from Proto-Germanic *metaną, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
VerbEdit
meta
- (transitive) To measure.
- Synonym: måhl
Derived termsEdit
- meta dell (“to measure, to approximate”)
- meta sjwaln (“stride”)
- meta ti (“to fill something (with something)”)