met

See also: Met, MET, mét, mèt, mệt, meť, met-, and -met

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: met, IPA(key): /mɛt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle English meten (“to dream, see in a sweven”), from Old English mætan (“to dream”).

Verb

met (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past met, past participle -)

  1. (obsolete) To dream.
    • William Cartwright (1651)
      All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.
Usage notes
  • Met is a defective, impersonal verb, and as such it only occurs in the past tense, for exampleː
Me met that I was walking in a wondrous wood where a thousand wild wolfins live. (I dreamt that I was walking in a wondrous forest where a thousand wild she-wolfs live)
  • However, in Old English and Middle English this verb was not defective and was used both personally and impersonally. Howbeit, in northern rural dialects, where it is still in use, this verb only occurs in the past tense and in impersonal constructions.

Etymology 2

Verb

met

  1. simple past tense and past participle of meet
  2. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of mete (to measure)
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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛt/

Preposition

met

  1. with

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛd/

Conjunction

met

  1. but

Catalan

Verb

met

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of metre
  2. second-person singular imperative form of metre

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German mit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /met/ (most dialects)
  • IPA(key): /mɛt/ (few dialects)

Preposition

met (+ dative)

  1. (most dialects) with

Derived terms

  • mem (contraction with the masculine and neuter definite article)

Chuukese

Determiner

met

  1. what

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛt/
  • Homophone: med
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

met

  1. genitive plural of meta

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mit, variant of *midi (from which mee, mede), from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛt/, /mɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • audio(file)

Preposition

met

  1. with, along with (another person)
  2. with, using (a tool, instrument or other means)
  3. at, for, during (a holiday/festivity)
    Heb je zin om met kerst bij ons langs te komen?
    Do you fancy visiting us for Christmas?

Inflection

Derived terms

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːʰt/

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)

  1. prestige, image, reputation, regard
  2. record

Declension

Declension of met
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative met metið met metini
accusative met metið met metini
dative meti metinum metum metunum
genitive mets metsins meta metanna

Derived terms

  • heimsmet (world record)
  • metár (record year), metsølubók (bestseller), mettíð (record time)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmet/
  • Hyphenation: met

Pronoun

met

  1. (personal, dialectal, including Kven) we

Synonyms

  • me (standard Finnish)
  • myö (dialectal)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ/
  • Homophone: mets

Verb

met

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mettre

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, nominative plural met)

  1. record (most extreme known value of some achievement)

Declension

Derived terms

Ilocano

Adverb

met

  1. too; also

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מת‎ (met).

Adjective

met ? (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מת‎)

  1. dead

Synonyms

Latvian

Verb

met

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of mest
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of mest
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of mest
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of mest
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of mest
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of mest

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /met/

Preposition

met [+dative]

  1. with
  2. by means of, using (a tool, material etc.)
  3. at the same time as, at
  4. with, under circumstances of
  5. concerning

Descendants

Further reading

  • “met (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “met (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Old Saxon

Preposition

met

  1. Alternative form of mid

Polish

Noun

met

  1. genitive plural of meta

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ́t/
  • Tonal orthography: mȅt

Noun

mèt m inan (genitive méta or mêta, nominative plural méti or mêti)

  1. throw (flight of a thrown object)

Declension

Turkish

Noun

met (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. flow
  2. tide

Derived terms

  • met dalgası

Volapük

Noun

met (plural mets)

  1. (unit) metre

Declension

Yola

Noun

met

  1. food

Derived terms

  • met-borde (“dining table”)

References

  • J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)
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