metadata

See also: meta data

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/, [ˈmɛɾ.əˌdeɪ.ɾə]

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.tə/, [ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.ɾə]

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.

   • 2013 December 16, Bill Mears, Evan Perez, “Judge: NSA domestic phone data-mining unconstitutional”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 February 2018:

     Leon also noted that the government “does not cite a single instance in which analysis of the NSA’s bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent attack, or otherwise aided the government in achieving any objective that was time-sensitive in nature.”

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.

   • 2017 January 24, Paul Cruickshank, “Discarded laptop yields revelations on network behind Brussels, Paris attacks”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     Undaunted, the digital investigators used forensic software tools to unlock as much information as they could from the laptop. This allowed them to retrieve the names of deleted files, the time they were most recently opened and time they were burned onto the hard drive, providing critical metadata on the cell's attack plotting.

Related terms

• metainformation

Translations

data that describes data

• Arabic: بَيَانَات وَصْفِيَّة f pl (bayānāt waṣfiyya)
• Bulgarian: метада́нни pl (metadánni)
• Catalan: metadades (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元數據 / 元数据 (yuánshùjù)

• Dutch: metagegevens (nl) pl, metadata (nl) pl
• Esperanto: meta-dateno
• Finnish: metadata, metatieto
• French: métadonnées (fr) f pl
• Galician: metadatos m pl
• Georgian: მეტა-მონაცემები (meṭa-monacemebi), მეტამონაცემები (meṭamonacemebi)
• German: Metadaten (de) pl
• Greek: μεταδεδομένα (el) n pl (metadedoména)
• Hungarian: metaadat (hu), leíró adat
• Icelandic: lýsigögn n pl
• Indonesian: metadata
• Japanese: メタデータ (metadēta)
• Korean: 메타데이터 (metadeiteo)
• Persian: فراداده (fa) (farâdâde)
• Polish: metadane nvir pl
• Portuguese: metadados m pl, metadata f
• Russian: метада́нные (ru) n pl (metadánnyje)
• Spanish: metadatos (es) m pl
• Swedish: metadata (sv) c
• Turkish: üstveri (tr)
• Ukrainian: метада́ні n pl (metadáni)
• Vietnamese: siêu dữ liệu (vi)

See also

• tag

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

• metatieto

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

• ekstraksi metadata

Related terms

• data

Further reading

• “metadata”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈda.tɐ/

 

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

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

Related terms

• metadatahantering
• metadataschema
• metadatastruktur