Speakur

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metadata

/ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables
meta-da-ta
IPA
/ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.

Uncountable

noun

Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data English metadata From meta- + data.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
  • British English: /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

metainformation tag

Questions

How do you pronounce metadata?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/.
What does metadata mean?
Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
Where does metadata come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data English metadata From meta- + data.

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