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meu
English
Etymology 1
From Latin m?um (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek ???? (mêon), probably from ????? (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
- (rare) mew
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mju?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mju/
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 m??wú (“meu”).
Alternative forms
- Meu
- mehu, Mehu
Noun
meu (plural meus)
- (historical) The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
- Coordinate term: migan
References
Anagrams
- EMU, Ume, emu, mue, ume
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- a meu
- (a) njeu
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
- miui
- nju
See also
- (a) tãu
- (a) lui, (a) ljei
- (a) nostru
- (a) vostru
- (a) lor
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Catalan meu, from Latin meus, 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 meus, meum, but as an unstressed monosyllabic form.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?mew/
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.
- Also used after some prepositions:
Declension
See also
- mon
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?m?w/
Noun
meu m (plural meus)
- (2016 spelling reform) Alternative form of mèu (“meow”)
Further reading
- “meu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician and Old Portuguese meu, from Latin meus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mew/, /?m?w/
Pronoun
meu m (masculine singular meu, masculine plural meus, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)
- (possessive) my
- (possessive) mine
Interjection
meu
- man; dude
See also
- Appendix:Galician pronouns
References
- “meu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “meu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “meu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “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.
Ligurian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (môlos), ????? (mólos), itself from Latin m?l?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mø?/
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
- Catalan: meu
Old French
Alternative forms
- meü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
Verb
meu
- past participle of movoir
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /mew/
- Hyphenation: meu
Pronoun
meu m (feminine minha, plural meus, feminine plural minhas)
- First-person singular possessive pronoun.
- Pertaining or belonging to me; my; mine.
- O meu computador.
- That serves or interests me; my; mine.
- O meu ônibus.
- Introduced by me; my.
- O herói da minha história.
- Merited by me; my.
- Ainda não recebi o meu dinheiro.
- Pertaining or belonging to me; my; mine.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meu.
See also
Interjection
meu!
- (Brazil, slang, chiefly São Paulo) hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)
- (Brazil, slang) whoa (used to express surprise)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meu.
Romanian
Alternative forms
- me? (old orthography)
Etymology
From Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mew/
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
- s?u, lui
- t?u
- vostru
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin meus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meu/
Pronoun
meu (plural meos, feminine mea, feminine plural meas)
- my, mine
Related terms
- tuu/tou/tuo
- suu/sou/suo
- nostru
- bostru/vostru
- issoro
Zou
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Khumi Chin mibawi and Chinese ? (m?o).
Noun
meu
- cat (Felis catus)
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 65
meu From the web:
- what meuc
- what meuc mean
- what meuc mean on unemployment
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- what muscles do planks work
- what muscles do push ups work
mem
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Phoenician ????????? (mm /mem/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *ma?- (“*ma?-/*may-”).
Alternative forms
- meem, mim
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- (computing) A memory access as part of processing.
Further reading
- mem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- EMM, Emm
Catalan
Etymology
English meme
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?m?m/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?m?m/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?mem/
Noun
mem m (plural mems)
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- internet meme
Further reading
- mem on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
- mem d'Internet on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Czech
Noun
mem m
- meme
Related terms
- memetika f
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
- Hyphenation: mem
- Audio:
Particle
mem
- -self, -selves
- 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [1]
- KROGSTAD. Vere ne? ?ajnas al mi, ke vi mem ?us diris —
- KROGSTAD. Truly not? It seems to me, that you yourself just said —
- KROGSTAD. Vere ne? ?ajnas al mi, ke vi mem ?us diris —
- 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [1]
Derived terms
- memportreto
Pronoun
mem
- itself
Finnish
Noun
mem
- mem (thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Anagrams
- -mme
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French même, from Old French mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Adverb
mem
- even, still (in comparson)
- (emphasis) really, indeed
See also
- ya (“indeed”)
Italian
Etymology
From Hebrew ??? (m?m), from Phoenician ????????? (mm, “water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mem/
- Hyphenation: mém
Noun
mem m or f (invariable)
- mem, specifically:
- The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
- The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?/?
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Etymology
From French même.
Adjective
mem
- same
Adverb
mem
- even
Derived terms
- mem si
Polish
Etymology
From English meme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
Noun
mem m inan
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- meme (something copied and circulated online)
Declension
Further reading
- mem in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From English meme coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976), similar to gene. The book was translated to Swedish by Roland Adlerbeth, Den själviska genen (1983). The Swedish word mem follows the grammar of gen (“gene”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?m/
Noun
mem c
- a meme (unit of cultural information)
Declension
Related terms
- memetik
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- (“to measure”). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *m?dye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor), or alternatively to *meh?-ye/o- from *meh?- (“to measure”) (whence Latin m?tior). Compare Tocharian B maim.
Noun
mem
- thought, thinking
Volapük
Noun
mem (nominative plural mems)
- memory
Declension
West Frisian
Etymology
Probably from Old Frisian *m?me, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m?. Compare English mum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
Noun
mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)
- mother, mom
- Coordinate term: heit
Further reading
- “mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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