meta-

• met- (prevocalically)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.ə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.ə/, [ˈmɛɾ.ə]

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmet.ə/, [ˈmeɾ.ə]

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”).

Only relating to metabolism:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈta/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈtæ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /mɪˈtæ/

meta-

2. (anatomy and zoology) Behind. [From 19th century]
4. (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent. [From 19th century]
6. (obsolete, architecture and zoology) Situated between two segments. [From 19th century]
8. (chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent. [From 19th century]
10. (organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-. [From 1833]
12. (biochemistry) Relating to metabolism.

• protero- (early, first)

Back-formation from metaphysics.

meta-

2. Transcending, encompassing.
4. 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]
6. Having analogies with metaphysics.

• epi-

Back-formation from metamorphism.

meta-

2. (geology) Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism. [From 19th century]

Back-formation from metastasis.

meta-

2. (pathology) Consequent on.

• List of Ancient Greek words starting with meta-, on Perseus

• maté, team, meat, mate, Tame, ATEM, AEMT, Atem, -mate, tame, Team, Tema

Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

• IPA^(key): [mɛta ]

meta-

1. meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond)

   ‎meta- + ‎jazyk → ‎metajazyk

• “meta-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• meta- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Internationalism (see English meta-), from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.taː/

meta-

1. meta-

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetɑ-/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑ̝-]

meta-

1. (chiefly in loanwords) meta-

• met- (prevocalic)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeta/, /ˈmɛta/

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meta-

1. meta-

• “meta-” in Duden online
• “meta-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtɒ]
• Hyphenation: me‧ta

meta-

1. meta-

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

• IPA^(key): [mɛta]
• Hyphenation: mè‧ta

meta-

1. meta-

• met-

• “meta-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta/
• Hyphenation: mè‧ta-

meta-

1. meta-

• mate, matè, team, tema

Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
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• Homophone: meta

meta-

1. meta-

   ‎meta- + ‎fizyka → ‎metafizyka

• meta- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

meta-

1. meta-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετά (metá).

meta-

1. meta-

• “meta-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from English meta-, from Ancient Greek μετά (metá).

meta-

1. meta-

• 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