metadata

metadata

See also: meta data

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ data

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

metadata (uncountable)

1. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.

   Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay out the content on the screen.

2. (computing) Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).

   That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop.

Related terms

• metainformation

Translations

data that describes data

Arabic: بَيَانَات وَصْفِيَّة‎ f pl (bayānāt waṣfiyya) Bulgarian: метаданни n pl (metadanni) Catalan: metadades (ca) f pl Chinese: Mandarin: 元數據／元数据 (yuánshùjù) Dutch: metagegevens (nl) pl, metadata (nl) pl Esperanto: meta-dateno Finnish: metadata, metatieto French: métadonnées (fr) f pl Galician: metadatos m pl Georgian: მეტა-მონაცემები (meṭa-monacemebi), მეტამონაცემები (meṭamonacemebi) German: Metadaten (de) pl Greek: μεταδεδομένα (el) n pl (metadedoména) Hungarian: metaadat (hu), leíró adat Icelandic: lýsigögn n pl Japanese: メタデータ (metadēta) Korean: 메타데이터 (metadeiteo) Persian: فراداده‎ (fa) (farâdâde) Portuguese: metadados m pl, metadata f Russian: метада́нные (ru) n pl (metadánnyje) Spanish: metadatos (es) m pl Swedish: metadata (sv) c Turkish: üstveri (tr) Vietnamese: siêu dữ liệu (vi)

See also

• tag

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English metadata. Equivalent to meta- +‎ data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.taːˌdaː.taː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧da‧ta

Noun

metadata pl (plural only)

1. metadata

   Synonym: metagegevens

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Finnish

Etymology

From English metadata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetɑdɑtɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑˌdɑt̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): me‧ta‧da‧ta

Noun

metadata

1. metadata

Declension

Inflection of metadata (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		metadata	metadatat
genitive		metadatan	metadatojen
partitive		metadataa	metadatoja
illative		metadataan	metadatoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		metadata	metadatat
accusative	nom.	metadata	metadatat
	gen.	metadatan
genitive		metadatan	metadatojen metadatainrare
partitive		metadataa	metadatoja
inessive		metadatassa	metadatoissa
elative		metadatasta	metadatoista
illative		metadataan	metadatoihin
adessive		metadatalla	metadatoilla
ablative		metadatalta	metadatoilta
allative		metadatalle	metadatoille
essive		metadatana	metadatoina
translative		metadataksi	metadatoiksi
instructive		—	metadatoin
abessive		metadatatta	metadatoitta
comitative		—	metadatoineen

Possessive forms of metadata (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	metadatani	metadatamme
2nd person	metadatasi	metadatanne
3rd person	metadatansa

Synonyms

• metatieto

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈda.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈda.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈda.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐˈda.tɐ/ [ˌmɛ.tɐˈða.tɐ]

Noun

metadata f (uncountable)

1. metadata (data that describes other data)

   Synonym: metadados

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Swedish

Noun

metadata c

1. metadata; data about data, information about information

Usage notes

• Rarely inflected. Both common gender (metadatan) and neuter (metadatat) have been used. See data.

Related terms

• metadatahantering
• metadataschema
• metadatastruktur