mette

See also: Mette and məttə

Estonian

Noun

mette

1. illative singular of mesi

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

mette

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mettre

Italian

Verb

mette

1. third-person singular present indicative of mettere

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French mettre (“to put”), compare Haitian Creole mete.

Verb

mette

1. to put

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġemetta, from Proto-West Germanic *gamatjō. Doublet of mate.

Alternative forms

• mett

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt(ə)/

Noun

mette (plural mettes)

1. (rare) tablemate

References

• “mette, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

mette

1. Alternative form of mete (“food”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtte/

Verb

mētte

1. inflection of meaddit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

mette

1. definite singular/plural of mett

Etymology 2

From Old Norse metta.

Verb

mette (imperative mett, present tense metter, passive mettes, simple past and past participle metta or mettet, present participle mettende)

1. to feed, fill, satisfy (e.g. with food), to satiate
2. to saturate

Derived terms

• metning

References

• “mette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mette_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

mette

1. definite singular of mett
2. plural of mett

Verb

mette (present tense mettar, past tense metta, past participle metta, passive infinitive mettast, present participle mettande, imperative mette/mett)

1. Alternative form of metta

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːt.te/

Verb

mētte

1. inflection of mētan:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

Portuguese

Verb

mette

1. inflection of metter:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative