メタ

See also: メーター

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) メタ [méꜜtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [me̞ta̠]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-, “amid, after”),^[1] via English meta-.^[2]

Noun

メタ • (meta)

meta
1. (chemistry) a benzene ring with two substituents in alternate positions
  Antonyms: オルト, パラ
2. (chemistry) an oxyacid with relatively few water molecules
  Synonym: メタ酸

Prefix

メタ • (meta-)

meta-
メタ言(げん)語(ご)
meta-gengo
metalanguage
- 2019, Namori, “131★世の中大体、寝不足のせい。 [Every Trouble in Life Is Caused by Sleep Deprivation]”, in ゆるゆり [Yuru Yuri], volume 17 (fiction), Ichijinsha, →ISBN:
  
  お前(まえ)　いつもと画(が)風(ふう)が違(ちが)うけど…
  え　まじ？しばらく休(きゅう)載(さい)してたからかな⁉
  メタ発(はっ)信(しん)はやめろ！
  O-mae itsumo to gafū ga chigau kedo…
  E maji? Shibaraku kyūsai shiteta kara ka na⁉
  Meta-hasshin wa yamero!
  Your art style's kinda different than usual…
  Really? Maybe because we were on hiatus for so long!?
  Enough with the metajokes!

Etymology 2

From English metal. Attested from 1915.^[2]

Noun

メタ • (meta)

[from 1915] (stallkeeper cant) German silver products; nickel-plated products
Synonyms: 洋銀 (yōgin), ニッケルめっき (nikkeru mekki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “メタ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006