meta-

See also: meta, Meta, META, metá, méta, metà, mêta, and méta-

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (in the middle).

Pronunciation

Only relating to metabolism:

Prefix

meta-

  1. (anatomy and zoology) Behind. [From 19th century]
  2. (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent. [From 19th century]
  3. (obsolete, architecture and zoology) Situated between two segments. [From 19th century]
  4. (chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent. [From 19th century]
  5. (organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-. [From 1833]
  6. (biochemistry) Relating to metabolism.
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Etymology 2

Back-formation from metaphysics.

Prefix

meta-

  1. Transcending, encompassing.
  2. Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc. [From 17th century]
  3. Having analogies with metaphysics.
Translations

Etymology 3

Back-formation from metamorphism.

Prefix

meta-

  1. (geology) Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism. [From 19th century]
Translations

Etymology 4

Back-formation from metastasis.

Prefix

meta-

  1. (pathology) Consequent on.
Translations

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with meta-

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond)
    meta- + jazykmetajazyk

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with meta-

Further reading

  • meta- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • meta- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɑ-/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑ̝-]

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with meta-

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeta/, /ˈmɛta/
  • (file)

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with meta-

Further reading

  • meta-” in Duden online
  • meta-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with meta-

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛta]
  • Hyphenation: mè‧ta

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with meta- not found

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ta/
  • Hyphenation: mè‧ta-

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with meta-

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: me‧ta

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-
    meta- + fizykametafizyka

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with meta-

Further reading

  • meta- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with meta-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετά (metá).

Prefix

meta-

  1. meta-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with meta-

Further reading

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