metas

See also: metás and metáš

English

Noun

metas

  1. plural of meta

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetas/
  • Rhymes: -etas
  • Hyphenation: 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

Noun

mētās f

  1. 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

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

Declension

Declension of mẽtas
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

  1. nominative/accusative plural of mete

Portuguese

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

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