met

English

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met

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: met, IPA^(key): /mɛt/

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• 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)
   • , Homer, “Book III”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. , London: Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; 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/

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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):
• 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/

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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.

Inflection

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/

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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

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/,
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification^(key): met

Pronoun

met (dialectal)

1. (personal) we

Synonyms

• me (standard Finnish)
• myö (dialectal)

Anagrams

• emt

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/

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• Homophone: mets

Verb

met

1. third-person singular present indicative of mettre

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt

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

• heimsmet
• metár
• metsölubók
• mettími
• slá met

Further reading

• “met” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Ilocano

Adverb

met

1. too; also

Kven

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet/

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

• 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

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

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/

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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)

Inflection

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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

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