meteen

Dutch

Etymology

Univerbation of met +‎ een.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /məˈteːn/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /mɛˈteːn/
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  • Hyphenation: met‧een
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Adverb

meteen

  1. immediately; at once
  2. while one is at it (while doing something related), at the same time

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: met een

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeteːn/, [ˈme̞t̪e̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -eteːn
  • Syllabification(key): me‧teen
  • Hyphenation(key): me‧teen

Noun

meteen

  1. illative singular of mesi