metas
English
Noun
metas
- 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
- Hyphenation: me‧tas
Verb
metas
- present of meti
Galician
Verb
metas
- second-person singular present subjunctive of meter
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetas/
Verb
metas
- present of metar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.t̪as]
Noun
mētās f
- accusative plural of mēta
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *métas. Cognate with Latvian męts (“time, period”), Old Prussian mettan (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmʲæː.t̪ɐs̪]
Noun
mẽtas m (plural mẽtai) stress pattern 2
Declension
singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (vardininkas) | mẽtas | mẽtai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | mẽto | mẽtų |
dative (naudininkas) | mẽtui | mẽtams |
accusative (galininkas) | mẽtą | metùs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | metù | mẽtais |
locative (vietininkas) | metè | mẽtuose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | mẽte | mẽtai |
Further reading
- “metas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “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
- nominative/accusative plural of mete
Portuguese
Verb
metas
- 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
- plural of meta
Etymology 2
Verb
metas
- second-person singular present subjunctive of meter
Swedish
Verb
metas