Meta- Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Adjective
  • 1.3 Anagrams
• 2 Basque
  • 2.1 Noun
• 3 Czech
  • 3.1 Noun
• 4 Faroese
  • 4.1 Verb
    • 4.1.1 Conjugation
• 5 Italian
  • 5.1 Noun
  • 5.2 Anagrams
• 6 Latin
  • 6.1 Pronunciation
  • 6.2 Noun
    • 6.2.1 Inflection
    • 6.2.2 Related terms
• 7 Maltese
  • 7.1 Etymology
  • 7.2 Pronoun
• 8 Polish
  • 8.1 Pronunciation
  • 8.2 Noun
    • 8.2.1 Declension
• 9 Portuguese
  • 9.1 Verb
• 10 Serbo-Croatian
  • 10.1 Etymology
  • 10.2 Pronunciation
  • 10.3 Noun
    • 10.3.1 Declension
• 11 Slovene
  • 11.1 Noun
• 12 Spanish
  • 12.1 Etymology 1
    • 12.1.1 Noun
  • 12.2 Etymology 2
    • 12.2.1 Verb
• 13 Swedish
  • 13.1 Verb
    • 13.1.1 Conjugation
    • 13.1.2 Related terms

English

Etymology

From meta-

Adjective

meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)

1. (informal) Self-referential; at a higher level
   • 2002, Robert C. Neville, Religion in Late Modernity^[1], ISBN 079145424X, page 31:

     […] in finessing obligations you fail a "meta" kind of obligation.

   • 2006, Brendan Vaughan, What Would MacGyver Do?^[2], ISBN 1594630240, page 186:

     Besides, I can just hear Vaughan: "Very funny, Stacey, very Charlie Kaufman-esque, very meta, very '97. I can't use it."

Anagrams

• mate, maté, meat, tame, team

Basque

Noun

meta

1. heap

Czech

Noun

meta f.

1. base (in baseball, one of the three places)

Faroese

Verb

meta

1. to measure, to esteem, to consider

Conjugation

Italian

Noun

meta f. (plural mete)

1. destination, aim
2. (rugby) try

Anagrams

• team, tema

Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmeː.ta/

Noun

mēta (genitive mētae); f, first declension

1. cone, pyramid
2. turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
3. boundary limit
4. (figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point
5. vocative singular of mēta

mētā f.

1. ablative singular of mēta

Inflection

First declension (1).

Related terms

• mētārī
• mētātor
• mētīrī

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic متى (matā).

Pronoun

meta

1. when

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛta/

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Noun

meta f.

1. (sports) finish(ing) line

   Był tak wyczerpany, że ledwo dobiegł do mety.

   He was so tired that he hardly reached the finishing line.

2. (informal) place, where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk
3. (informal) place, where you can stay for a short while

Declension

Portuguese

Verb

meta

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb meter.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb meter.
3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of verb meter.
4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb meter.
5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of verb meter.
6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb meter.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian meta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /měːta/
• Hyphenation: me‧ta

Noun

méta f. (Cyrillic spelling ме́та)

1. target

Declension

Slovene

Noun

meta f.

1. mint (plant)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at mint. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see meta in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2008

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin meta (“turning point”).

Noun

meta f. (plural metas)

1. goal.
2. target.

Etymology 2

Verb

meta (infinitive meter)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of meter.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of meter.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of meter.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of meter.

Swedish

Verb

meta

1. to angle for fish

Conjugation

Related terms

• metspö

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