metan

• methan

Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtan]

metan m

1. (chemistry) methane (CH₄)

   Synonym: karban

• etan m
• propan m
• butan m
• pentan m
• hexan m
• heptan m
• oktan m
• nonan m
• dekan m
• undekan m
• dodekan m

• metan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• metan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From French méthane and German Methan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːtʰaːn/

metan n (genitive singular metans, no plural)

1. (organic chemistry) methane

• “metan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

metan

1. Abbreviation of media tanam (“growth medium”).

metan

1. Rōmaji transcription of メタン

metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) methane (chemical symbol CH₄)

• metangass

• “metan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• manet, mante, maten, matne, menta, -menta, namet

metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) methane (as above)

• “metan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

metan m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) methane

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 644.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 409.

From Proto-West Germanic *metan.

metan

1. to measure

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: mēten
  • Dutch: meten
  • Limburgish: maete

• “metan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɑn/

metan

1. to measure
2. to compare (to something = wiþ + accusative or tō + dative)
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Hit nis nā tō metenne, þæt ġeendodlīċe wiþ þæt unġeendodlīċe.

     It's not comparable, the finite with the infinite.

• For the phrase “compared to,” wiþ is used by itself (Hū earfoþe is Crēċisċ wiþ Lǣden? = “How hard is Greek compared to Latin?”), or with the phrase tō metenne (Hwæt eart þū wiþ mē tō metenne? = “What are you compared to me?”, literally “to compare with me”).

• āmetan
• bemetan
• efnmetan
• ġemet
• ġemetan
• metegian
• wiþmetan

• Middle English: meten
  • Scots: mete, meit
  • English: mete

From Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną.

• mœ̄tan

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.tɑn/

mētan

1. to meet, encounter
2. to find

• ġemētan

• Middle English: meten
  • English: meet
  • Scots: mete, meit

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *maitijan (“to sculpt”), from Proto-Germanic *maitijaną, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“to cut”).

Compare Old High German meizan (“to hew, cut, chisel”), Old Norse meita (“to cut”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (maitan, “to cut”). Doublet of mǣtan (“to appear in a dream”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.tɑn/

mētan

1. to draw or paint

• *tīefran (“to paint”)

• āmētan
• ġemētan
• mēting
• onmētan

• Middle English: meten (“to sculpt, design; paint”)

From Proto-West Germanic *metan.

metan

1. to measure
2. to mete

• Low German: meten

From French méthane and German Methan.

• IPA^(key): /meˈtaŋ/

metan m

1. methane (CH₄)

Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tan/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtan
• Syllabification: me‧tan

metan m inan

1. methane (CH₄)

• metan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• metan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French méthane.

• IPA^(key): /meˈtan/

metan n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) methane (CH₄)

• metan in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From French méthane and German Methan.

• IPA^(key): /mětaːn/
• Hyphenation: me‧tan

mètān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄н)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) methane (CH₄)

metán

1. past passive participle of metáti

metan

1. inflection of meter:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From French méthane.

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈtɑːn/

metan n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) methane (CH₄)

• sumpgas
• gruvgas

• metan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)

• manet, maten, menat, teman

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm, compare Malay hitam.

metan

1. black