Definitions and meaning of meu
meu
Etymology 1
From Latin mēum (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size. The English form came perhaps via Middle French meu, a word with a single isolated attestation from the 14th century which only began to appear consistently from 1568, by which time the word was established in English.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmjuː/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmju/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
meu (uncountable)
- Meum athamanticum, a European herb.
- Synonyms: meon, meum, baldmoney, spignel, bearwort
Translations
References
- Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”).
Alternative forms
Noun
meu (plural meus)
- (historical) The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
- Coordinate term: migan
References
Anagrams
- EMU, UME, Ume, emu, mue, ume
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos. Compare Romanian meu.
Pronoun
meu m (feminine mea or meaea, masculine plural mei, feminine plural meali or meale)
- my; first-person masculine singular possessive pronoun
Usage notes
Always preceded by 'a'- "a meu".
Related terms
See also
- (a) tãu
- (a) lui, (a) ljei
- (a) nostru
- (a) vostru
- (a) lor
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan meu, from Latin meum, from Proto-Italic *meos. The feminine form was mia in Old Catalan, but this was extended to meva or meua by analogy with the masculine form. This happened because the -u was not understood as a masculine ending anymore, having been lost in nouns (unlike Spanish, Portuguese and Italian -o).
The weak possessive mon is also from Latin meum, but as an unstressed monosyllabic form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmew]
Pronoun
meu (feminine meva or meua, masculine plural meus, feminine plural meves or meues)
- my, mine
Usage notes
- When preceding a noun, meu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
- el meu gos ― my dog
- Also used after some prepositions:
- dins meu ― inside me
- davant meu ― in front of me
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmɛw]
Interjection
meu
- meow
Noun
meu m (plural meus)
- meow
- Synonym: miol
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin mēum.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈmɛw]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) unknown
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈmew]
Noun
meu m (plural meus)
- baldmoney, spignel
Further reading
- “meu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “meu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meus.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
meu m (masculine singular meu, masculine plural meus, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)
- (possessive) my
- Este é o meu coche ― This is my car
- (possessive) mine
- Este coche é meu ― This car is mine
Interjection
meu
- man; dude; pal; bro
- Éche o que hai, meu. Hai que roelo ― Things are like that, bro. You must face it
- Meu! Fixéchelo! ― Dude! You did it!
See also
- Appendix:Galician pronouns
References
- “meu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “meu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “meu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “meu” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “meu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Further reading
- “meu” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ligurian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos), μόλος (mólos), itself from Latin mōlēs.
Pronunciation
Noun
meu m (invariable)
- jetty, pier, mole
Old Catalan
Etymology
From Latin meum.
Adjective
meu (feminine mia, masculine plural meus, feminine plural mies)
- my, mine
- Synonym: mon
Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
- meü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
Verb
meu
- past participle of movoir
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.
Pronunciation
Determiner
meu (feminine minha, masculine plural meus, feminine plural minhas)
- First-person singular possessive pronoun.
- pertaining or belonging to me; my
- o meu computador ― my computer
- that serves or interests me; my
- o meu carro ― my car
- introduced by me; my
- o herói da minha história ― the hero of my story
- merited by me; my
- ainda não recebi o meu dinheiro ― I still haven't received my money
- related to me; my
- O meu pai veio me visitar. ― My father came to visit me.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meu.
Pronoun
meu (feminine minha, masculine plural meus, feminine plural minhas)
- mine (belonging to me, pertaining to me, serving me, relating to me, etc.; corresponding to any of the above definitions)
Interjection
meu!
- (Portugal, Brazil, slang, chiefly São Paulo) hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)
- (Brazil, slang) whoa (used to express surprise)
- (Portugal, slang) dude
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meu.
See also
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.
Pronunciation
Determiner
meu m or n (feminine singular mea, masculine plural mei, feminine and neuter plural mele)
- (genitive form of eu used as a possessive determiner) my
Declension
Pronoun
meu m or n
- (preceded by "al") mine
See also
- lor
- nostru
- său, lui
- tău
- vostru
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin meus.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
meu (plural meos, feminine mea, feminine plural meas)
- my, mine
Related terms
- tuu/tou/tuo
- suu/sou/suo
- nostru
- bostru/vostru
- issoro
Sassarese
Pronunciation
Determiner
meu (feminine singular mea, plural mei)
- Alternative form of méiu
Pronoun
meu m (feminine singular mea, masculine and feminine plural mei)
- Alternative form of méiu
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Zou
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Khumi Chin mibawi and Chinese 貓/猫 (māo).
Noun
meu
- cat (Felis catus)
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 65
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