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Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.
metan m inan
metan
- inflection of meter:
From French méthane and German Methan.
metan n (genitive singular metans, no plural)
Declension of metan | ||
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n-s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | metan | metanið |
accusative | metan | metanið |
dative | metani | metaninu |
genitive | metans | metansins |
- “metan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
metan
- Abbreviation of media tanam (“growth medium”).
metan
metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)
- “metan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)
- “metan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
metan m (uncountable)
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 644.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 409.
From Proto-West Germanic *metan.
metan
- to measure
- “metan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
From Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.
metan
- to measure
- to compare
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Lōca nu þæt þū ofergemet ne wilnige, nū ðū hī tōgædere metest. Woldest þū cunnan God swā swā Alipius?
- Look to it now that thy desire be not beyond measure, now that thou comparest them together. Wouldst thou know God just as thou dost Alypius?
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- 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.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- 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”).
From Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną.
mētan
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”).
mētan
- *tīefran (“to paint”)
- Middle English: meten (“to sculpt, design; paint”)
From Proto-West Germanic *metan.
metan
- Low German: meten
From French méthane and German Methan.
metan m
- methane (CH₄)
Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.
metan m inan
- methane (CH₄)
metan n (uncountable)
declension of metan (singular only)
- metan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Borrowed from French méthane and German Methan.
mètān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄н)
- (chemistry, uncountable) methane (CH₄)
metán
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | metan | metana | metano |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | metan ind metani def |
metana | metano |
genitive | metanega | metane | metanega |
dative | metanemu | metani | metanemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
metano | metano |
locative | metanem | metani | metanem |
instrumental | metanim | metano | metanim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | metana | metani | metani |
genitive | metanih | metanih | metanih |
dative | metanima | metanima | metanima |
accusative | metana | metani | metani |
locative | metanih | metanih | metanih |
instrumental | metanima | metanima | metanima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | metani | metane | metana |
genitive | metanih | metanih | metanih |
dative | metanim | metanim | metanim |
accusative | metane | metane | metana |
locative | metanih | metanih | metanih |
instrumental | metanimi | metanimi | metanimi |
metan
- inflection of meter:
metan n (uncountable)
Declension of metan | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | metan | metanet | — | — |
Genitive | metans | metanets | — | — |
- metan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm, compare Malay hitam.
metan