metas

See also: metás and metáš

English

Noun

metas

1. plural of meta

Anagrams

• AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetas/
• Rhymes: -etas
• Syllabification: me‧tas

Verb

metas

1. present of meti

Galician

Verb

metas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of meter

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetas/

Verb

metas

1. present of metar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmeː.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.tas]

Noun

mētās f

1. accusative plural of mēta

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *métan. Cognate with Latvian me̦ts (“time, period”), Old Prussian mettan (“year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈmʲæːtɐs]
• Rhymes: -æːtɐs
• Syllabification: mẽ‧tas

Noun

mẽtas m (plural mẽtai) stress pattern 2

1. time, period
2. (in the plural) year

   vieneri̇̀ mẽtai ― one year

   mẽtų lai̇̃kas ― season (literally: time of year)

Declension

Declension of mẽtas

	singular	plural
nominative	mẽtas	mẽtai
genitive	mẽto	mẽtų
dative	mẽtui	mẽtams
accusative	mẽtą	metùs
instrumental	metù	mẽtais
locative	metè	mẽtuose
vocative	mẽte	mẽtai

Further reading

• “metas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• “metas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Derksen, Rick (2015), “mẽtas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɑs/

Noun

metas

1. nominative/accusative plural of mete

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: me‧tas

Noun

metas

1. plural of meta

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: me‧tas

Verb

metas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of meter

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetas/ [ˈme.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -etas
• Syllabification: me‧tas

Etymology 1

Noun

metas f pl

1. plural of meta

Etymology 2

Verb

metas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of meter

Swedish

Verb

metas

1. passive infinitive of meta
2. present passive of meta

Anagrams

• mesta, teams, temas