met

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English

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Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • enPR: met, IPA(key): /mɛt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Verb

met

  1. simple past and past participle of meet

Etymology 2

Verb

met

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of mete (to measure)

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.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Derived terms
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

Noun

met n or m (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Finnish

Etymology

me with the regular plural suffix -t.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

met (dialectal)

  1. (personal) we

Synonyms

  • me (standard Finnish)
  • myö (dialectal)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

met

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mettre

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, nominative plural met)

  1. scale (tool for weighing objects)
  2. record (most extreme known value of some achievement)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Ilocano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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 (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

Pronoun

met

  1. we

Declension

See also

References

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

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מת (met).

Adjective

met (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מת)

  1. dead

Synonyms

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

Verb

met

  1. Medial form of mete

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Preposition

met

  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

Descendants

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

met n

  1. Synonym of ġemet (measure)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

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

References

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    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

Noun

met

  1. genitive plural of meta

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

mȅt m inan

  1. throw (flight of a thrown object)

Inflection

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

References

Volapük

Noun

met (nominative plural mets)

  1. (unit) metre

Declension

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

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

Noun

met

  1. bug

References

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