meta-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "meta"
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.ə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.ə/, [ˈmɛɾ.ə]
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmet.ə/, [ˈmeɾ.ə]
Etymology 1
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Only relating to metabolism:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈta/
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈtæ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /mɪˈtæ/
Prefix
[edit]meta-
- (anatomy and zoology) Behind. [From 19th century]
- (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent. [From 19th century]
- (obsolete, architecture and zoology) Situated between two segments. [From 19th century]
- (chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent. [From 19th century]
- (organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-. [From 1833]
- (biochemistry) Relating to metabolism.
Translations
[edit]anatomy, zoology: behind
botany, zoology: later or subsequent
chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent
chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-
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See also
[edit]- protero- (early, first)
Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from metaphysics.
Prefix
[edit]meta-
- Transcending, encompassing.
- Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc. [From 17th century]
- Having analogies with metaphysics.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]transcending, encompassing
pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type
having analogies with metaphysics
Etymology 3
[edit]Back-formation from metamorphism.
Prefix
[edit]meta-
- (geology) Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism. [From 19th century]
Translations
[edit]geology: analogies and derivatives of metamorphism
Etymology 4
[edit]Back-formation from metastasis.
Prefix
[edit]meta-
- (pathology) Consequent on.
Translations
[edit]pathology: consequent on
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- List of Ancient Greek words starting with meta-, on Perseus
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “meta-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- meta- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English meta-), from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
- (chiefly in loanwords) meta-
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- met- (prevocalic)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mɛta/ [mɛ.t̪a]
- Syllabification: me‧ta-
Prefix
[edit]meta-
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Category Indonesian terms prefixed with meta- not found
Further reading
[edit]- “meta-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
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[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]meta-
- meta-
- meta- + fizyka → metafizyka
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).
Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “meta-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “meta-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετά (metá).
Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “meta-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English meta-, from Ancient Greek μετά (metá).
Prefix
[edit]meta-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “meta-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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