EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From meta-, back-formed from metaphysics.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)

  1. (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.
    • 2002, Robert C. Neville, Religion in Late Modernity[1], →ISBN, page 31:
      [] in finessing obligations you fail a "meta" kind of obligation.
    • 2006, Brendan Vaughan, What Would MacGyver Do?[2], →ISBN, page 186:
      Besides, I can just hear Vaughan: "Very funny, Stacey, very Charlie Kaufman-esque, very meta, very '97. I can't use it."
TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin mēta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meta (plural metas or metae)

  1. Boundary marker.
  2. (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

NounEdit

meta (plural metas)

  1. (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.
  2. (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)

  1. (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

Clipping of metaoidioplasty.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meta (plural metas)

  1. (informal) Metoidioplasty.

AnagramsEdit

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

meta inan

  1. heap

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meta f (plural metes)

  1. (sports) finish line
  2. (sports) goal, goalpost
  3. goal, aim, objective

SynonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Derived from Latin mēta.[1]

NounEdit

meta f

  1. frontier, goal, objective, ambition
    Synonym: cíl
  2. (softball, baseball) base
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

meta

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of mést

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "meta" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further readingEdit

  • meta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • meta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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)

  1. to measure, esteem, consider

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of meta (group v-2-30)
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!
plural metið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of metamfetamiini

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -etɑ
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ta

NounEdit

meta

  1. (colloquial) meth, methamphetamine

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of meta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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)
possessor singular plural
1st person metani metamme
2nd person metasi metanne
3rd person metansa

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English meta.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta

AdjectiveEdit

meta (comparative metább, superlative legmetább)

  1. (informal) meta (self-referential)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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)

  1. to measure
  2. to assess
  3. to appreciate, to esteem, to consider to be of worth
ConjugationEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

meta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of met

IndonesianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit मत्त (matta, mad, drunken). Compare to Balinese ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ (mata, furious).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /abonəmɛn/
  • Hyphenation: mê‧ta

AdjectiveEdit

mêta

  1. (obsolete) mad
    Synonym: mengamuk
  2. (obsolete) drunken
    Synonym: mabuk

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: mè‧ta

NounEdit

meta f (plural mete)

  1. destination
    Synonyms: arrivo, destinazione
  2. (figurative) aim, goal, end
    Synonyms: scopo, intenzione, fine
  3. (sports) a score
    1. (rugby) try
    2. (soccer) goal
    3. (ultimate frisbee) point
  4. (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

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: mé‧ta

NounEdit

meta f (plural mete)

  1. pile of straw
    Synonym: mucchio
  2. haystack
  3. dung (of a farm animal)
    Synonym: sterco
DescendantsEdit
  • Serbo-Croatian: méta

Etymology 3Edit

Clipping of metaldeide.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: mè‧ta

NounEdit

meta m (invariable)

  1. (organic chemistry) metaldehyde

AnagramsEdit

KazukuruEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

meta

  1. eye

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

NounEdit

mēta f (genitive mētae); first declension

  1. cone, pyramid
  2. turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
  3. boundary limit
  4. (figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.278:
      “Hīs ego nec mētās rērum nec tempora pōnō.”
      “For them, I set no turning points of history, nor time limits.”
      (Jupiter reassures Venus that he has granted limitless prospects to the Roman people.)

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
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

  1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of mest
  2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of mest

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mẽta

  1. third-person singular present of mesti
  2. third-person plural present of mesti

MalteseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic مَتَى(matā).

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

meta

  1. when

ConjunctionEdit

meta

  1. when; as

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)

  1. (transitive) to estimate, value
  2. (reflexive, til e-s) to be reckoned as, counted for

ConjugationEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • meta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin mēta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meta f

  1. (sports) finish line, winning post
    Był tak wyczerpany, że ledwo dobiegł do mety.He was so tired that he hardly reached the finish line.
  2. goal, end
  3. range, distance
  4. (colloquial) familiar store or restaurant
  5. (colloquial) a place where one can stay for a short while
  6. (colloquial) a place where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk
  7. (bodybuilding slang) methandrostenolone, an anabolic steroid

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • meta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • meta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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)

  1. goal
  2. target

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta

VerbEdit

meta

  1. inflection of meter:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian meta, from Latin mēta.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /měːta/
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta

NounEdit

méta f (Cyrillic spelling ме́та)

  1. target

DeclensionEdit

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *męta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mẹ̑ta f

  1. mint (plant)

InflectionEdit

Feminine, a-stem
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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeta/ [ˈme.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: me‧ta

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin meta (turning spot in arena; goal).

NounEdit

meta f (plural metas)

  1. goal
  2. target
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

meta

  1. inflection of meter:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meta (n class, plural meta)

  1. Alternative form of mita

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *maitaną.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

meta (present metar, preterite metade, supine metat, imperative meta)

  1. to angle for fish

ConjugationEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

  • IPA(key): /meˈtaː/
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta

NounEdit

meta (definite accusative metayı, plural metalar)

  1. Commercial goods, merchandise.
    Synonyms: mal, mülk
  2. (business) capital
    Synonyms: sermaye, anapara

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative meta
Definite accusative metayı
Singular Plural
Nominative meta metalar
Definite accusative metayı metaları
Dative metaya metalara
Locative metada metalarda
Ablative metadan metalardan
Genitive metanın metaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular metam metalarım
2nd singular metan metaların
3rd singular metası metaları
1st plural metamız metalarımız
2nd plural metanız metalarınız
3rd plural metaları metaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular metamı metalarımı
2nd singular metanı metalarını
3rd singular metasını metalarını
1st plural metamızı metalarımızı
2nd plural metanızı metalarınızı
3rd plural metalarını metalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular metama metalarıma
2nd singular metana metalarına
3rd singular metasına metalarına
1st plural metamıza metalarımıza
2nd plural metanıza metalarınıza
3rd plural metalarına metalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular metamda metalarımda
2nd singular metanda metalarında
3rd singular metasında metalarında
1st plural metamızda metalarımızda
2nd plural metanızda metalarınızda
3rd plural metalarında metalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular metamdan metalarımdan
2nd singular metandan metalarından
3rd singular metasından metalarından
1st plural metamızdan metalarımızdan
2nd plural metanızdan metalarınızdan
3rd plural metalarından metalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular metamın metalarımın
2nd singular metanın metalarının
3rd singular metasının metalarının
1st plural metamızın metalarımızın
2nd plural metanızın metalarınızın
3rd plural metalarının metalarının

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “متاع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1678
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “meta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further readingEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse *mita, meta, from Proto-Germanic *metaną, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

VerbEdit

meta

  1. (transitive) To measure.
    Synonym: måhl

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit