metas
See also: metás and metáš
English
Noun
metas
- plural of meta
Anagrams
- AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetas/
Verb
metas
- present of meti
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetas/
Verb
metas
- present of metar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.taːs/, [ˈmeːt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.tas/, [ˈmɛːt̪äs]
Noun
mētās f
- accusative plural of mēta
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *métas. Cognate with Latvian męts (“time, period”), Old Prussian mettan (“year”).
Noun
mẽtas m (plural mẽtai) stress pattern 2
- time, period
- (in the plural) year
Declension
declension of metas
| 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, 1941–2023
- “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
Portuguese
Verb
metas
- second-person singular present subjunctive of meter
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetas/ [ˈme.t̪as]
- Rhymes: -etas
- Syllabification: me‧tas
Noun
metas f pl
- plural of meta
Verb
metas
- second-person singular present subjunctive of meter
Swedish
Verb
metas
- infinitive passive of meta.
- present tense passive of meta.
Anagrams
- mesta, teams, temas