different between zeta vs meta

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta). Doublet of zed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?zi?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ze?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?, -e?t?

Noun

zeta (plural zetas)

1. The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (? (Z), ? (z)) preceded by epsilon (? (E), ? (e)) and followed by eta, (? (I), ? (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (? (W), ? (w))
2. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

   Zeta of 3 is irrational

Translations

Anagrams

• zate

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ceta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?e.ta/

Etymology 1

Noun

zeta inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish seda (“silk”).

Noun

zeta inan

1. silk

Declension

Further reading

• “zeta” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “zeta” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?z?.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?z?.ta/

Noun

zeta f (plural zetes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. The Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).

Further reading

• “zeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zeta” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “zeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tset?/, [?ts?e?t??]
• IPA^(key): /?zet?/, [?ze?t??]
• Rhymes: -et?
• Syllabification: ze?ta

Noun

zeta

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

Declension

Galician

Alternative forms

• ceta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Pronunciation

Noun

zeta m (plural zetas)

1. zee/zed (name of the letter Z, z)

Hawaiian

Noun

zeta

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• seta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??ta/
• Rhymes: -??ta
• Homophone: seta

Noun

zeta f (genitive singular zetu, nominative plural zetur)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin z?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta), from Hebrew ???? (zayin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?z?.ta/
• Rhymes: -?ta
• Hyphenation: zè?ta

Noun

zeta m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.; zed, zee
2. The name of the Greek script letter ?/?; zeta

Derived terms

• dalla a alla zeta

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ze?.ta/, [?d??z?e?t?ä]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?ze?.ta/, [?ze?ta]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d?ze.ta/, [?d??z???t??]

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

z?ta f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Greek letter zeta (?, ?).
2. The name of the letter Z.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ?, b?, c?, d?, ?, ef, g?, h? / *acca, ?, k?, el, em, en, ?, p?, k?, er, es, t?, ?, ix / ?x / ex, ? / ? graeca / ?ps?lon, z?ta

References

• zeta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zeta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• zeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), 1:

  The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (z?ta).

Etymology 2

In third- and fourth-century writings of the Late Latin period, Z often represented word-initial prevocalic di.

Noun

z?ta f (genitive z?tae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manuscript variant of diaeta

Declension

First-declension noun.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dzeta (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

zeta m (plural zetas)

1. zeta (name of the Greek letter ?, ?)

See also

• zê

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

z?ta n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. zeta; the Greek letter ?, ?

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

zeta (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive/accusative singular of zet

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??eta/, [??e.t?a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?seta/, [?se.t?a]
• Homophone: seta (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

From Latin z?ta or its etymon, Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. the letter Z
2. zeta; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonyms: dseda, dseta

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (thêta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. theta; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonyms: theta, tita

Further reading

• “zeta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

From meta-, back-formed from metaphysics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t?/, [?m???]
• Rhymes: -?t?

Adjective

meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)

2. (informal) Self-referential; structured analogously, but at a higher level.

Translations

See also

• transcendental
• self-aware

Etymology 2

From Latin m?ta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mi?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mi?t?/, /mi???/
• Rhymes: -i?t?

Noun

meta (plural metas or metae)

1. Boundary marker.
2. (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.

Etymology 3

Clipping of metagame.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t?/, /m???/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

meta (plural metas)

1. (video games) Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game.

2. (by extension, Internet slang) An informal but widely-adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.

Adjective

meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)

1. (video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.

Etymology 4

Clipping of metaoidioplasty.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

meta (plural metas)

1. (informal) Metoidioplasty.

Anagrams

• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, maté, meat, tame, team

Basque

Noun

meta inan

1. heap

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?m?.t?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?m?.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?me.ta/

Noun

meta f (plural metes)

1. (sports) finish line
2. (sports) goal, goalpost
3. goal, aim, objective

Further reading

• “meta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

From Latin m?ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ta/

Noun

meta f

1. frontier, goal, objective, ambition
2. (softball, baseball) base

Declension

Synonyms

• cíl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?ta]
• Rhymes: -?ta
• Hyphenation: me?ta

Verb

meta

1. masculine singular present transgressive of mést

Synonyms

• zametaje

Related terms

• metouc

References

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metan?, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Verb

meta (third person singular past indicative metti or metaði, third person plural past indicative mett or metað, supine mett or metað)

1. to measure, esteem, consider

Conjugation

Hungarian

Etymology

From English meta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?t?]
• Hyphenation: me?ta

Adjective

meta (comparative metább, superlative legmetább)

1. (informal) meta (self-referential)

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??ta/

  Rhymes: -??ta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metan?.

Verb

meta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative mat, third-person plural past indicative mátu, supine metið)

1. to measure
2. to assess
3. to appreciate, to esteem, to consider to be of worth

Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

meta

1. indefinite genitive plural of met

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• menta

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (matta, “mad, drunken”). Compare to Balinese ???? (mata, “furious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abon?m?n/
• Hyphenation: mê?ta

Adjective

mêta (plural meta-meta)

1. (obsolete) mad

   Synonym: mengamuk

2. (obsolete) drunken

   Synonym: mabuk

Further reading

• “meta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin m?ta. Doublet of meda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ta/

Noun

meta f (plural mete)

1. destination

   Synonyms: arrivo, destinazione

2. (figuratively) aim, goal, end

   Synonyms: scopo, intenzione, fine

3. (rugby) try
4. (soccer) goal
5. (Ancient Rome) meta (either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me.ta/

Noun

meta f (plural mete)

1. pile of straw

   Synonym: mucchio

2. haystack
3. dung (of a farm animal)

   Synonym: sterco

Descendants

• ? Serbo-Croatian: méta

Etymology 3

Shortening of metaldeide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ta/

Noun

meta m (invariable)

1. (organic chemistry) metaldehyde

Anagrams

• team, tema

Kazukuru

Alternative forms

• mata

Noun

meta

1. eye

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *m?t?, from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to measure”). Related to Ancient Greek ????? (mêtis), ?????? (métron), ??????? (métrios), Old Church Slavonic ???? (m?ra); compare also Hungarian mér, Russian ????? (méra), Serbo-Croatian mera and mjera, English meal.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me?.ta/, [?me?t?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.ta/, [?m??t??]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me?.ta?/, [?me?t?ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.ta/, [?m??t??]

Noun 1

m?ta f (genitive m?tae); 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 m?ta

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Italian: meda
• Old French: mete
  • ? Middle English: mete
    • English: mete
• Old Portuguese: meda
  • Galician: meda
  • Portuguese: meda
• Spanish: meda
• ? Belarusian: ???? (meta)
• ? Catalan: meta
• ? Czech: meta
• ? English: meta
• ? Italian: meta
  • ? Serbo-Croatian: méta
• ? Polish: meta
  • ? Ukrainian: ????? (metá)
• ? Portuguese: meta
• ? Russian: ???? (meta)
• ? Slovak: méta
• ? Spanish: meta

Noun 2

m?t? f

1. ablative singular of m?ta

Latvian

Verb

meta

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of mest
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of mest

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?æ?t??]

Verb

m?ta

1. third-person singular present of mesti
2. third-person plural present of mesti

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (mat?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ta/

Adverb

meta

1. when

Conjunction

meta

1. when; as

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *metan? (“to measure”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Verb

meta (singular past indicative mat, plural past indicative mátu, past participle metinn)

1. (transitive) to estimate, value
2. (reflexive, til e-s) to be reckoned as, counted for

Conjugation

Related terms

• mj?tuðr
• mætr

References

• meta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ta/

Noun

meta f

1. (sports) finish line, winning post

2. goal, end
3. range, distance
4. (colloquial) familiar store or restaurant
5. (colloquial) A place where one can stay for a short while.
6. (colloquial) A place where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk.
7. (bodybuilding slang) methandrostenolone, an anabolic steroid

Declension

Descendants

• ? Ukrainian: ????? (metá)

Further reading

• meta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• meta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin m?ta (“turning spot in arena; goal”). Doublet of meda.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m?.t?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.t?/, [?m?.t??]

Noun

meta f (plural metas)

1. goal
2. target

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• mêta (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?me.t?/

Verb

meta

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of meter
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of meter
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of meter
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of meter

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian meta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??ta/
• Hyphenation: me?ta

Noun

méta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. target

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *m?ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mé?ta/

Noun

m??ta f

1. mint (plant)

Inflection

Further reading

• “meta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?meta/, [?me.t?a]

Etymology 1

From Latin meta (“turning spot in arena; goal”).

Noun

meta f (plural metas)

1. goal
2. target

Derived terms

• saque de meta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

meta

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.

Further reading

• “meta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

meta (n class, plural meta)

1. Alternative form of mita

Swedish

Verb

meta (present metar, preterite metade, supine metat, imperative meta)

1. to angle for fish

Conjugation

Related terms

• metspö

Anagrams

• tame, team, tema

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse *mita, meta, from Proto-Germanic *metan?, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Verb

meta

1. (transitive) To measure.

   Synonym: måhl

Derived terms

Related terms