metadata

metadata

See also: meta data

English

Etymology

    From meta- + data.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/, [ˈmɛɾ.əˌdeɪ.ɾə]
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.tə/, [ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.ɾə]
    • (Indic) IPA(key): /meʈɑ ɖeːʈɑ/

    Noun

    metadata (uncountable)

    1. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
      Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay out the content on the screen.
    2. (computing) Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).
      That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    See also

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English metadata. Equivalent to meta- +‎ data.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.taːˌdaː.taː/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧da‧ta

    Noun

    metadata pl (plural only, no diminutive)

    1. metadata
      Synonym: metagegevens

    Finnish

    Etymology

    From English metadata. Equivalent to meta- +‎ data.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmetɑˌdɑtɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑ̝ˌdɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
    • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
    • Syllabification(key): me‧ta‧da‧ta
    • Hyphenation(key): meta‧data

    Noun

    metadata

    1. metadata

    Declension

    Inflection of metadata (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    nominative metadata metadatat
    genitive metadatan metadatojen
    partitive metadataa metadatoja
    illative metadataan metadatoihin
    singular plural
    nominative metadata metadatat
    accusative nom. metadata metadatat
    gen. metadatan
    genitive metadatan metadatojen
    metadatain rare
    partitive metadataa metadatoja
    inessive metadatassa metadatoissa
    elative metadatasta metadatoista
    illative metadataan metadatoihin
    adessive metadatalla metadatoilla
    ablative metadatalta metadatoilta
    allative metadatalle metadatoille
    essive metadatana metadatoina
    translative metadataksi metadatoiksi
    abessive metadatatta metadatoitta
    instructive metadatoin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of metadata (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative metadatani metadatani
    accusative nom. metadatani metadatani
    gen. metadatani
    genitive metadatani metadatojeni
    metadataini rare
    partitive metadataani metadatojani
    inessive metadatassani metadatoissani
    elative metadatastani metadatoistani
    illative metadataani metadatoihini
    adessive metadatallani metadatoillani
    ablative metadataltani metadatoiltani
    allative metadatalleni metadatoilleni
    essive metadatanani metadatoinani
    translative metadatakseni metadatoikseni
    abessive metadatattani metadatoittani
    instructive
    comitative metadatoineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative metadatasi metadatasi
    accusative nom. metadatasi metadatasi
    gen. metadatasi
    genitive metadatasi metadatojesi
    metadataisi rare
    partitive metadataasi metadatojasi
    inessive metadatassasi metadatoissasi
    elative metadatastasi metadatoistasi
    illative metadataasi metadatoihisi
    adessive metadatallasi metadatoillasi
    ablative metadataltasi metadatoiltasi
    allative metadatallesi metadatoillesi
    essive metadatanasi metadatoinasi
    translative metadataksesi metadatoiksesi
    abessive metadatattasi metadatoittasi
    instructive
    comitative metadatoinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative metadatamme metadatamme
    accusative nom. metadatamme metadatamme
    gen. metadatamme
    genitive metadatamme metadatojemme
    metadataimme rare
    partitive metadataamme metadatojamme
    inessive metadatassamme metadatoissamme
    elative metadatastamme metadatoistamme
    illative metadataamme metadatoihimme
    adessive metadatallamme metadatoillamme
    ablative metadataltamme metadatoiltamme
    allative metadatallemme metadatoillemme
    essive metadatanamme metadatoinamme
    translative metadataksemme metadatoiksemme
    abessive metadatattamme metadatoittamme
    instructive
    comitative metadatoinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative metadatanne metadatanne
    accusative nom. metadatanne metadatanne
    gen. metadatanne
    genitive metadatanne metadatojenne
    metadatainne rare
    partitive metadataanne metadatojanne
    inessive metadatassanne metadatoissanne
    elative metadatastanne metadatoistanne
    illative metadataanne metadatoihinne
    adessive metadatallanne metadatoillanne
    ablative metadataltanne metadatoiltanne
    allative metadatallenne metadatoillenne
    essive metadatananne metadatoinanne
    translative metadataksenne metadatoiksenne
    abessive metadatattanne metadatoittanne
    instructive
    comitative metadatoinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative metadatansa metadatansa
    accusative nom. metadatansa metadatansa
    gen. metadatansa
    genitive metadatansa metadatojensa
    metadatainsa rare
    partitive metadataansa metadatojaan
    metadatojansa
    inessive metadatassaan
    metadatassansa
    metadatoissaan
    metadatoissansa
    elative metadatastaan
    metadatastansa
    metadatoistaan
    metadatoistansa
    illative metadataansa metadatoihinsa
    adessive metadatallaan
    metadatallansa
    metadatoillaan
    metadatoillansa
    ablative metadataltaan
    metadataltansa
    metadatoiltaan
    metadatoiltansa
    allative metadatalleen
    metadatallensa
    metadatoilleen
    metadatoillensa
    essive metadatanaan
    metadatanansa
    metadatoinaan
    metadatoinansa
    translative metadatakseen
    metadataksensa
    metadatoikseen
    metadatoiksensa
    abessive metadatattaan
    metadatattansa
    metadatoittaan
    metadatoittansa
    instructive
    comitative metadatoineen
    metadatoinensa

    Synonyms

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English metadata.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mətaˈdata/ [mə.t̪aˈda.t̪a]
    • Rhymes: -ata
    • Syllabification: me‧ta‧da‧ta

    Noun

    metadata (plural metadata-metadata)

    1. (information science) metadata

    Derived terms

    • metadata administratif
    • metadata deskriptif
    • metadata geospasial
    • metadata struktural

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐˈda.tɐ/ [ˌmɛ.tɐˈða.tɐ]

    Noun

    metadata f (uncountable)

    1. metadata (data that describes other data)
      Synonym: metadados

    Swedish

    Noun

    metadata c

    1. metadata; data about data, information about information

    Usage notes

    • Rarely inflected. Both common gender (metadatan) and neuter (metadatat) have been used. See data.
    • metadatahantering
    • metadataschema
    • metadatastruktur