メタ

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See also: メーター

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-, “amid, after”),[1] via English meta-.[2]

Noun

メタ • (meta) 

  1. meta
    1. (chemistry) a benzene ring with two substituents in alternate positions
      Antonyms: オルト, パラ
    2. (chemistry) an oxyacid with relatively few water molecules
      Synonym: メタ酸

Prefix

メタ • (meta-) 

  1. meta-
    メタ言(げん)語(ご)
    meta-gengo
    metalanguage
    • 2019, Namori, “131★世の中大体、寝不足のせい。 [Every Trouble in Life Is Caused by Sleep Deprivation]”, in ゆるゆり [Yuru Yuri], volume 17 (fiction), Ichijinsha, →ISBN:
      お前(まえ)　いつもと画(が)風(ふう)が違(ちが)うけど…
      え　まじ？しばらく休(きゅう)載(さい)してたからかな⁉
      メタ発(はっ)信(しん)はやめろ！
      O-mae itsumo to gafū ga chigau kedo…
      E maji? Shibaraku kyūsai shiteta kara ka na⁉
      Meta-hasshin wa yamero!
      Your art style's kinda different than usual…
      Really? Maybe because we were on hiatus for so long!?
      Enough with the metajokes!

Etymology 2

From English metal. Attested from 1915.[2]

Noun

メタ • (meta) 

  1. (cant, jargon) German silver
    Synonym: 洋銀 (yōgin)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “メタ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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