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meta meaning in English

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meta [metae] (1st) F
noun

cone, pyramidnoun

conical column, turning point at circus, goalnoun

end, boundarynoun

metabolicus [metabolica, metabolicum] adjective

metabolicadjective
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈbɒ.lɪk] [US: ˌme.tə.ˈbɑː.lɪk]

metabolismus [metabolismi] (2nd) M
noun

metabolism [metabolisms]noun
[UK: mə.ˈtæ.bə.ˌlɪ.zəm] [US: mə.ˈtæ.bə.ˌlɪ.zəm]

metallum [metalli] (2nd) N
noun

metal [metals]noun
[UK: ˈmet.l̩] [US: ˈmet.l̩]
Aluminum is a metal. = Aluminium metallum est.

mine [mines]noun
[UK: maɪn] [US: ˈmaɪn]

quarry [quarries]noun
[UK: ˈkwɒ.ri] [US: ˈkwɔː.ri]

metallicus adjective

metallic(related to metal)
adjective
[UK: mɪ.ˈtæ.lɪk] [US: mə.ˈtæ.lɪk]

metallurgia noun
{f}

metallurgy(science of metals)
noun
[UK: mɪ.ˈtæ.lə.dʒi] [US: ˈme.tə.lər.dʒi]

metamorphosis [metamorphosis] (3rd) F
noun

(pl.) a poem by Ovidnoun

metamorphosis, transformationnoun

metaphora [metaphorae] (1st) F
noun

metaphor [metaphors]noun
[UK: ˈmet.əf.ə(r)] [US: ˈmet.ə.fɔːr]

metaphoricus [metaphorica, metaphoricum] adjective

metaphoric, metaphoricaladjective

metaphrastes [metaphrastae] noun
C

translator of a booknoun

metaphysica [metaphysicae] (1st) F
noun

metaphysicsnoun
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪks] [US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪks]

metaphysicus [metaphysica, metaphysicum] adjective

metaphysicaladjective
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪk.l̩] [US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪk.l̩]

metaphysicus [metaphysici] (2nd) M
noun

metaphysician [metaphysicians]noun
[UK: ˌme.tə.fɪ.ˈzɪ.ʃən] [US: ˌme.tə.fɪ.ˈzɪ.ʃən]

metaplasmus [metaplasmi] (2nd) M
noun

grammatical changenoun

irregularity [irregularities]noun
[UK: ɪ.ˌre.ɡjʊ.ˈlæ.rɪ.ti] [US: ɪ.ˌre.ɡjə.ˈle.rə.ti]

metaplasmnoun
[UK: mˌetəplˈazəm] [US: mˌeɾəplˈæzəm]

transposition of words / lettersnoun

metor [metari, metatus sum] (1st) DEP
verb

measure off, mark outverb

metastasis [metastasis] (3rd) F
noun

metastasis [metastases]noun
[UK: mə.ˈtæ.stə.sɪs] [US: mə.ˈtæ.stə.sɪs]

metatarsus noun

instep [insteps](top of the foot between the toes and the ankle)
noun
[UK: ˈɪn.step] [US: ˈɪn.step]

antimetabole [antimetaboles] noun
F

reciprocal interchangenoun

castrametor [castrametari, castrametatus sum] (1st) DEP
verb

encamp [encamped, encamping, encamps]verb
[UK: ɪnˈkæmp] [US: enˈkæmp]

pitch a campverb
[UK: pɪtʃ ə kæmp] [US: ˈpɪtʃ ə ˈkæmp]

castrmetor [castrmetari, castrmatatus sum] (1st) DEP
verb

pitch a campverb
[UK: pɪtʃ ə kæmp] [US: ˈpɪtʃ ə ˈkæmp]

set up / pitch campverb

cometa [cometae] (1st) F
noun

comet [comets]noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.mɪt] [US: ˈkɑː.mət]

luminous body in sky w / trail / tailnoun

meteor [meteors]noun
[UK: ˈmiː.tɪə(r)] [US: ˈmiː.tiər]

portent of disasternoun

cometes [cometae] noun
F

comet [comets]noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.mɪt] [US: ˈkɑː.mət]
Tonight a comet will be visible. = Hodie nocte cometes videri poterit.

luminous body in sky w / trail / tailnoun

meteor [meteors]noun
[UK: ˈmiː.tɪə(r)] [US: ˈmiː.tiər]

portent of disasternoun

commetaculum [commetaculi] (2nd) N
noun

rods (pl.) carried by flamens / priestsnoun

commeto [commetare, commetavi, commetatus] (1st)
verb

come and goverb
[UK: kʌm ənd ɡəʊ] [US: ˈkəm ænd ˈɡoʊ]

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