meten

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈme̞.tən] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.tən] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.tən] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈme.ten] === Verb === meten third-person plural present indicative of metre == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmeːtə(n)/ Rhymes: -eːtən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną. ==== Verb ==== meten (transitive) to measure (reflexive) to measure up [with met ‘to’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== gemet maat ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: meet Negerhollands: meet === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== meten plural of meet === Anagrams === meent, neemt == Galician == === Verb === meten third-person plural present indicative of meter == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch metan, from Proto-West Germanic *metan. === Verb === mēten to measure to determine to investigate ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: meten Limburgish: maete === Further reading === “meten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “meten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Alternative forms === meeten === Etymology 1 === From Old English mētan (“to meet, encounter”). ==== Verb ==== mēten to meet, come together ===== Descendants ===== English: meet === Etymology 2 === From Old English mētan, mǣtan (“to paint, design”), from Proto-West Germanic *maitijaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną. ==== Verb ==== mēten to paint to sculpt; design to dream c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 131r: === Etymology 3 === From Old English metan. ==== Verb ==== meten To measure, mete === Etymology 4 === From mete (“food”) +‎ -en (plural suffix). ==== Noun ==== meten plural of mete (“food”) === Etymology 5 === From mete (“food”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Verb ==== meten To feed (reflexive) To pasture; eat == Old English == === Verb === meten past participle of metan == Serbo-Croatian == === Participle === meten (Cyrillic spelling метен) passive past participle of mesti == Spanish == === Verb === meten third-person plural present indicative of meter === Anagrams === menté, mente, temen, tenme == Swedish == === Noun === meten indefinite plural of mete