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mete
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
- Homophones: meat, meet
Etymology 1
From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-Germanic *metan? (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek ???????? (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek ???????? (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian ??? (mit, “mind”).
Verb
mete (third-person singular simple present metes, present participle meting, simple past and past participle meted)
- (transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Matthew 7:2
- For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- 1870s Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Soothsay, lines 80-83
- the Power that fashions man
- Measured not out thy little span
- For thee to take the meting-rod
- In turn,
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Matthew 7:2
- (transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
- 1833 — Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
- Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
- Unequal laws unto a savage race
- 1929 — Kirby Page, Jesus Or Christianity A Study In Contrasts, p. 31.
- Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.
- 1833 — Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English mete, borrowed from Old French mete (“boundary, boundary marker”), from Latin m?ta (“post, goal, marker”). Cognate with the second element in Old English wullmod (“distaff”).
Noun
mete (plural metes)
- A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
Etymology 3
Adjective
mete (comparative more mete, superlative most mete)
- Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”)
Anagrams
- Teme, etem, meet, teem, teme
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?t?]
Verb
mete
- third-person singular present indicative of mést
Dutch
Verb
mete
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of meten
Anagrams
- meet
Estonian
Noun
mete
- genitive plural of mesi
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French mettre (“put, put on”)
Verb
mete
- put
- put on
Italian
Noun
mete f
- plural of meta
Anagrams
- teme, temè, temé
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?me.te/, [?m?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?me.te/, [?m??t??]
Verb
mete
- second-person singular present active imperative of met?
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French mettre. Compare Haitian Creole mete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mete/
Verb
mete (medial form met)
- to put; put on
- to set
- to wear
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English mete (“food”) (also met, mett, whence the forms with a short vowel). More at meat.
Alternative forms
- mæte, meet, meete, mette
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??t(?)/, /m?t/
Noun
mete (plural metes or meten)
- Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
- A store or supply of food.
- An individual serving of food, especially when cooked.
- Meat; the (usually cooked) flesh of animals as (an item of) food.
- Food that animals eat (including prey or lures)
- The act of dining; a lunch.
Derived terms
- bake mete
- meteles
Descendants
- English: meat
- Scots: mete, met, meit, mait
- Yola: met, maate
References
- “m??te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old French mete (“boundary, mere”), from Latin m?ta. More at mete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??t(?)/
Noun
mete
- boundary, target, point, position
Descendants
- English: mete
Etymology 3
From Old English ?em?te (“suitable, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *m?tijaz, a variant of *m?tiz. More at meet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??t(?)/
Alternative forms
- meete
Adjective
mete
- suitable, fitting, appropriate
- pleasing, accommodating, useful
- right in shape or size, well-fitting
Descendants
- English: meet
- Scots: mete, meit
Adverb
mete
- appropriately
- copiously
References
- The Middle English Dictionary (M.E.D.)[1]
- Riverside Chaucer[2]
Old English
Alternative forms
- met, mett, mette
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me.te/
Noun
mete m
- food
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: mete, mæte, meet, meete, mette
- English: meat
- Scots: mete, met, meit, mait
- Yola: met, maate
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- meit, met
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mati.
Noun
mete
- food, especially sustenance (as opposed to desserts, snacks, or sweets)
Descendants
- North Frisian: meet
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.t(?)i/
- Hyphenation: me?te
- Rhymes: -?t(?)i
Verb
mete
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of meter
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of meter
Rawa
Adjective
mete
- good
References
- Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
mete (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person singular present of mesti
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mete/, [?me.t?e]
Verb
mete
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of meter.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of meter.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of meter.
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French metre, from Latin mitt?, mittere (“send”).
Verb
mete
- to put
Conjugation
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meze
English
Alternative forms
- mezze, mazzeh, mazze
Etymology
From Turkish meze and Greek ????? (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish ???? (meze), from Persian ???? (maze, “taste, snack”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?ze?/
Noun
meze (countable and uncountable, plural mezes or mezedes)
- Small portions of starters typical of Turkish and Greek cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.
Further reading
- meze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- mzee
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?z?]
Noun
meze f
- inflection of mez:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
meze
- in the middle of, amid
- 1908, J. Arbes, trans. by Jos. Gr?a, Rakontoj
- Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malri?a, mizera ?ambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sor?e lumigita.
- His regard started around the poor, miserable small room and fixed upon the blond woman sitting in luxurious party clothing in the middle of most miserable furniture most bewitchingly illuminated.
- Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malri?a, mizera ?ambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sor?e lumigita.
- 1999, Mark Twain, trans. by Edwin Grobe, "Konfeso de Mortanto", Tri Noveloj
- Imagu kion li devis eksenti veki?inte meze de tiu senvo?a silento kaj ?irka?spektadinte tiun malgajan mortintaron!
- Think what it must have been to wake up in the midst of that voiceless hush and look out over that grim congregation of the dead!
- Imagu kion li devis eksenti veki?inte meze de tiu senvo?a silento kaj ?irka?spektadinte tiun malgajan mortintaron!
- 2006, Henrik Ibsen, trans. by Odd Tangerud, La kolonoj de la socio, ?ISBN
- Meze sur la kontra?a pordo estas pli granda enir-pordo.
- On the middle of the opposite door is a larger entrance door.
- 1908, J. Arbes, trans. by Jos. Gr?a, Rakontoj
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- mèza
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (meze), from Persian ???? (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to mezètluk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?ze/
- Hyphenation: me?ze
Noun
mèze n (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (regional) snack, bite
Declension
Derived terms
- mèzetiti
- zamèzetiti
References
- “meze” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- Škalji?, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462
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