Translingual

Abbreviation

Met

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of methionine

English

Proper noun

Met

1. (London) The London Underground Metropolitan Line
2. (London, historical) The Metropolitan Railway
3. (London) The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS)
4. (US, with "the") The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
5. (New York, art, with "the") The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.

Noun

Met ‎(plural Mets)

1. (London, informal) A Metropolitan Line train
2. (baseball) A player for the New York Mets

Anagrams

• EMT, TEM

German

Etymology

From Old High German metu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu ‎(“honey, mead”). Compare Dutch mede, English mead, Danish mjød.

Noun

Met m ‎(genitive Mets or Metes, no plural)

1. mead

Synonyms

• Honigwein

English

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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Statistics

Anagrams

• EMT
• TEM

Afrikaans

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

• mot, möt (Eifel)

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

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

• tot en met

Anagrams

• tem

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːʰt/

Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)

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

Declension

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

• heimsmet
• metár
• metsölubók
• mettími
• slá met

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מת ‎(met).

Adjective

met ? ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מת)

1. dead

Synonyms

• niftar

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

Lojban

Rafsi

met

1. rafsi of mentu.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met/

Preposition

met

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

Related terms

• mede

Descendants

• Dutch: met

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 }}}, plural }}})

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)