Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word met. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in met.
Definitions and meaning of met
met
Pronunciation
enPR: met, IPA(key): /mɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
Verb
met
simple past tense and past participle of meet
Etymology 2
Verb
met
(obsolete)simple past tense and past participle of mete(to measure)
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishmeten(“to dream, see in a sweven”), from Old Englishmætan(“to dream”).
Verb
met (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, simple pastmet, no past participle)
(obsolete) To 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
Etymology
From Dutchmet
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛt/
Preposition
met
with
Breton
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛd/
Conjunction
met
but
Catalan
Verb
met
third-person singular present indicative form of metre
second-person singular imperative form of metre
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
mot, möt(Eifel)
Etymology
From Old High Germanmit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /met/(most dialects)
IPA(key): /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 Germanmit, from Old High Germanmit, from Proto-Germanic*midi. Cognate with Germanmit, Dutchmet, Middle Englishmid, Icelandicmeð.
Preposition
met
(Sette Comuni, + dative) with
Derived terms
memme
mettar
metten
References
“met” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo, 1974
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛt/
Homophone: med
Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
met
genitive plural of meta
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchmet, from Old Dutchmit, variant of *midi (from which mee, mede), from Proto-West Germanic*midi, from Proto-Germanic*midi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛt/, /mɛ/
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)
Inflection
Derived terms
tot en met
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchmet, from Proto-Germanic*matją, whence also GermanMett (through Low German). Related with Proto-Germanic *matiz, whence English meat.
2nd person singular present indicative form of mest
3rd person singular present indicative form of mest
3rd person plural present indicative form of mest
2nd person singular imperative form of mest
(with the particle lai)3rd person singular imperative form of mest
(with the particle lai)3rd person plural imperative form of mest
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /met/
Verb
met
Medial form ofmete
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchmit, from Proto-Germanic*midi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /met/
Preposition
met [+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[1], 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J., “met (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek[2], The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1885–1929, →ISBN, page I
Old English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /met/
Noun
metn
Synonym of ġemet(“measure”)
Declension
Old Saxon
Preposition
met
Alternative form of mid
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛt/
Noun
met
genitive plural of meta
Slovene
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛ́t/
Noun
mȅtm inan
throw (flight of a thrown object)
Inflection
Turkish
Noun
met (definite accusative{{{1}}}, plural{{{2}}})
flow
tide
Derived terms
met dalgası
Volapük
Noun
met (nominative pluralmets)
(unit) metre
Declension
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From meta(“to measure.”) Compare Old Norsemjǫt.
Noun
met
Measurement.
References
Yola
Etymology
From Middle Englishmete, from Old Englishmete, from Proto-West Germanic*mati.
Noun
met
food, meat in its old meaning.
Derived terms
met-borde(“dining table”)
References
Jacob Poole, 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, J. Russell Smith, 1867, →ISBN
Zou
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mət˧/
Noun
met
bug
References
Lukram Himmat Singh, A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, 2013, page 41