met

See also: Met, MET, mét, mèt, mêt, mệt, meť, męt, met-, and -met

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: met, IPA^(key): /mɛt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Verb

met

1. simple past tense and past participle of meet

Etymology 2

Verb

met

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of mete (to measure)
   • [1611?], Homer, “Book III”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, OCLC 614803194; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], volume I, new edition, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, OCLC 987451361:

     Then Hector, Priam’s martial son, stepp’d forth, and met the ground,
     With wise Ulysses, where the blows of combat must resound;

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

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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, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, South Africa:

     Met ons land en met ons nasie.

     With our land and with our people.

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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

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Catalan

Verb

met

1. third-person singular present indicative form of metre
2. second-person singular imperative form of metre

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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)

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Chuukese

Determiner

met

1. what

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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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/
• Homophone: med
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

met n

1. genitive plural of meta

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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

Pronominal adverbs of met

preposition	met
postpositional adv.	mee
+ het (it)	ermee
+ dit (this)	hiermee
+ dat (that)	daarmee
+ wat (what)	waarmee
+ iets (something)	ergens mee
+ niets (nothing)	nergens mee
+ alles (everything)	overal mee

Derived terms

• metterdaad
• metterdag
• metterhaast
• mettertijd
• metterwoon
• tot en met

 

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/

• audio

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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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːʰt/

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)

1. prestige, image, reputation, regard
2. record

Declension

Declension of met
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

• heimsmet (world record)
• metár (record year), metsølubók (bestseller), mettíð (record time)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet/, [ˈme̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification^(key): met

Pronoun

met

1. (personal, dialectal) we

Synonyms

• me (standard Finnish)
• myö (dialectal)

Anagrams

• emt

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/

• Audio

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• Homophone: mets

Verb

met

1. third-person singular present indicative of mettre

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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

declension of met

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	met	metið	met	metin
accusative	met	metið	met	metin
dative	meti	metinu	metum	metunum
genitive	mets	metsins	meta	metanna

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)

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Ilocano

Adverb

met

1. too; also

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Kven

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet/

Pronoun

met

1. we

Declension

Declension of met singular plural nominative mie met genitive minun meiđän, meän partitive minnuu, minua meitä accusative minun meiđät, meät illative minhuun meihin inessive minussa meissä elative minusta meistä allative minule, minulet, mulle, mullet meile, meilet adessive minula, mulla meilä ablative minulta, multa meiltä translative minuna meinä essive minuksi meiksi abessive minutta meittä

See also

Kven personal pronouns

	first	second	third anim	third anim or inan
singular	mie	sie	hän	se
plural	met	tet	het	net

References

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

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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

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Latvian

Verb

met

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of mest
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of mest
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of mest
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of mest
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of mest
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of mest

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Verb

met

1. Medial form of mete

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Preposition

met [+dative]

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

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Noun

met n

1. Synonym of ġemet (“measure”)

   metbelg ― wallet

   metcundlīċ ― metrical

   metecorn ― apportion or allowance of grain

   metġeard ― measuring stick, measuring rod

   metrāp ― measuring rope, sounding line

Declension

Declension of met (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	met	metu
accusative	met	metu
genitive	metes	meta
dative	mete	metum

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Old Saxon

Preposition

met

1. Alternative form of mid

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: met

Noun

met

1. genitive plural of meta

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́t/

Noun

mȅt m inan

1. throw (flight of a thrown object)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mèt
gen. sing.	méta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mèt	méta	méti
accusative	mèt	méta	méte
genitive	méta	métov	métov
dative	métu	métoma	métom
locative	métu	métih	métih
instrumental	métom	métoma	méti

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mèt
gen. sing.	mêta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mèt	mêta	mêti
accusative	mèt	mêta	mête
genitive	mêta	mêtov	mêtov
dative	mêtu	mêtoma	mêtom
locative	mêtu	mêtih	mêtih
instrumental	mêtom	mêtoma	mêti

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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

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Volapük

Noun

met (nominative plural mets)

1. (unit) metre

Declension

declension of met

	singular	plural
nominative	met	mets
genitive	meta	metas
dative	mete	metes
accusative	meti	metis
vocative 1	o met!	o mets!
predicative 2	metu	metus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From meta (“to measure.”) Compare Old Norse mjǫt.

Noun

met n

1. Measurement.

   dröuw uti meten ― ample in measurement

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Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mete, from Old English mete, from Proto-West Germanic *mati.

Noun

met

1. food, meat in its old meaning.

Derived terms

• met-borde (“dining table”)

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 56

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Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mət˧/

Noun

met

1. bug

References

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