# met
## English
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

met
* simple past and past participle of meet

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2
#### Verb

met
* (obsolete) simple past and past participle of mete (to measure)
** [1611?], Homer, “Book III”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:Then Hector, Priam’s martial son, stepp’d forth, and met the ground, With wise Ulysses, where the blows of combat must resound;The spelling has been modernized.

### Etymology 3

From Middle English meten (“to dream”), from Old English mætan (“to dream”).

#### Verb

met (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, simple past met, no past participle)
* (obsolete, impersonal) To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.
** c. 1653, William Cartwright, The Ordinary: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 example:
    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-wolves live)
* In Old English and Middle English this verb was not defective and was used both personally and impersonally. However, in northern rural dialects, where it is still in use, this verb only occurs in the past tense and in impersonal constructions.

### Anagrams

* EMT, MTE, TEM, TME

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* moet (Cape Afrikaans)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛt/
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

met
* with
** 1921, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa:Met ons land en met ons nasie.With our land and with our people.

## Breton
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛd/

### Conjunction

met
* but

## Catalan
### Verb

met
* inflection of metre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* mot, möt (Eifel)

### Etymology

From Old High German mit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /met/ (most dialects)
* IPA: /mɛt/ (few dialects)

### Preposition

met (+ dative)
* (most dialects) with

#### Derived terms

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

## Chuukese
### Determiner

met
* what

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German mit, from Old High German mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi. Cognate with German mit, Dutch met, Middle English mid, Icelandic með.

### Preposition

met
* (Sette Comuni, + dative) with

#### Derived terms

* memme
* mettar
* metten

### References

* “met” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛt]
* Homophone: med
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

met n
* genitive plural of meta

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛt/, /mɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: met
* Rhymes: -ɛt

#### Preposition

met
* with, along with (another person)
* with, using (a tool, instrument or other means)
* at, for, during (a holiday/festivity)
    Heb je zin om met kerst bij ons langs te komen?Do you fancy visiting us for Christmas?
* (telephony) Used to answer a telephone call, followed by one's name, shortened from "u spreekt met..."
    Met Jan de Vries.Hello, this is Jan de Vries.

##### Derived terms

* metterdaad
* metterdag
* metterhaast
* mettertijd
* metterwoon
* tot en met

##### Descendants

* Berbice Creole Dutch: mete
* Jersey Dutch: met, mät
* Negerhollands: met, mi, mit, mee
* Skepi Creole Dutch: met

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch met, from Proto-Germanic *matją, whence also German Mett (through Low German). Related with Proto-Germanic *matiz, whence English meat.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: met
* Rhymes: -ɛt

#### Noun

met n or m (uncountable)
* (dated, Eastern Netherlands) mince (sometimes specifically uncooked)

##### Derived terms

* metworst

### Anagrams

* tem

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meːʰt/

### Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, plural met)
* prestige, image, reputation, regard
* record

#### Derived terms

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

## Finnish
### Etymology

me with the regular plural suffix -t.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmet/, [ˈme̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: met

### Pronoun

met (dialectal)
* (personal) we

#### Synonyms

* me (standard Finnish)
* myö (dialectal)

### Anagrams

* emt

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: mets

### Verb

met
* third-person singular present indicative of mettre

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Compare Faroese met (“regard, respect”), Old High German mez (“liquid measure, meter”), Old Irish med (“balance, scale”). See also meta (“to measure”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛːt/
* Rhymes: -ɛːt

### Noun

met n (genitive singular mets, nominative plural met)
* (particularly in the plural) counterweights
* (particularly in the plural) scale (tool for weighing objects)
    vera þungt á metunum (inanimate) ― be important
    koma sínum metum við ― exercise one's influence
* regard, respect, image, reputation, prestige
    vera í (miklum/litlum) metum hjá e-m ― be regarded (highly/lowly/ by someone
* record (most extreme known value of some achievement)
    setja met ― set a record
    hrinda met ― make a record
    slá met ― break a record

#### Derived terms

* heimsmet
* metár
* metsölubók
* mettími
* slá met

#### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “met”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “met” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Ilocano
### Alternative forms

* mt — Internet slang

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmet/ [ˈmet]
* IPA: /ˈmɯt/ [ˈmɯt]

### Particle

met or mët (Kur-itan spelling ᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
* too; also
* used to show mild dissaproval

### References

* Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “met”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎ (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN

## Kven
### Etymology

From Finnish me, from Proto-Finnic *mek, from Proto-Uralic *me.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmet/

### Pronoun

met
* we

#### Declension

Declension of met
singular
plural
nominative
mie
met
genitive
minun
meiđän, meän
partitive
minnuu, minua
meitä
accusative
minun
meiđät, meät
illative
minhuun
meihin
inessive
minussa
meissä
elative
minusta
meistä
allative
minule, minulet, mulle, mullet
meile, meilet
adessive
minula, mulla
meilä
ablative
minulta, multa
meiltä
translative
minuna
meinä
essive
minuksi
meiksi
abessive
minutta
meittä :

#### See also
### References

* Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Hebrew מת (met).

### Adjective

met (Hebrew spelling מת)
* dead

#### Synonyms

* niftar

### Further reading

* Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “met”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC

## Latvian
### Verb

met
* inflection of mest:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** third-person plural present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mest
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mest

## Mauritian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /met/

### Verb

met
* Medial form of mete

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /met/

### Preposition

met [with dative]
* with
* by means of, using (a tool, material etc.)
* at the same time as, at
* with, under circumstances of
* concerning

#### Related terms

* mēde

#### Descendants

* Dutch: met
* Limburgish: mit

### Further reading

* “met (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “met (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /met/

### Noun

met n
* Synonym of ġemet (“measure”)

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* metbielġ (“wallet”)
* metcundlīċ (“metrical”)
* metecorn (“apportion or allowance of grain”)
* metġeard (“measuring stick, measuring rod”)
* metrāp (“measuring rope, sounding line”)

## Old Saxon
### Preposition

met
* Alternative form of mid

## Polabian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьměti

### Verb

met impf
* to have

#### Derived terms

* rådo met (literally “to like”)
* tedone met (literally “to be dealing with”)

### References

* Polański, Kazimierz (1973) “met”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 379
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “met”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 94
* Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Mêt”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 571

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Syllabification: met

### Noun

met
* genitive plural of meta

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ́t/

### Noun

mȅt m inan
* throw (flight of a thrown object)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “met”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “met”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مد, from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

### Noun

met (definite accusative meddi, plural metler)
* flow
* tide

#### Derived terms

* met dalgası

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “met”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Volapük
### Noun

met (nominative plural mets)
* (unit) metre

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Yola
### Noun

met
* food, meat in its old meaning.
* Alternative form of maate (“meat”)
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 31:Coome to thee met.Come to thy meat.
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 81:Zed met.Stewed meat.
** 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:Raree met in plathearès, ee-zet in a rooe,There was choice meat in platters, set in a row,

#### Derived terms

* met-borde (“dining table”)

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mət˧/

### Noun

met
* bug

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41