Met

See also: met, MET, mét, mèt, mêt, mệt, meť, męt, met-, and -met

Translingual

Noun

Met

  1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of methionine

English

Etymology

Clipping of metropolitan.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt/
  • Homophone: met
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Proper noun

Met

  1. (London) The London Underground Metropolitan Line
  2. (London, historical) The Metropolitan Railway
  3. (London, law enforcement, usually with "the") The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS)
  4. (US, with "the") The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
  5. (New York, art, with "the") The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.

Synonyms

Noun

Met (plural Mets)

  1. (London, informal) A Metropolitan Line train
  2. (baseball) A player for the New York Mets

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mete, from Old High German metu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”).

Compare Dutch mede, English mead, Danish mjød.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːt/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Met m (strong, genitive Metes or Mets, no plural)

  1. mead
    Synonym: Honigwein

Declension
Declension of Met [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Met
genitive eines des Metes, Mets
dative einem dem Met, Mete1
accusative einen den Met

1Now uncommon, see notes.

Further reading
  • “Met” in Duden online
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