"meu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmjuː/ [UK], /ˈmju/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meu.wav Forms: mew [alternative]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mēum||umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum}} Latin mēum (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), {{uder|en|grc|μῆον}} Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), {{uder|en|frm|meu}} Middle French meu Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} meu (uncountable)
  1. Meum athamanticum, a European herb. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Celery family plants Synonyms: meon, meum, baldmoney, spignel, bearwort
    Sense id: en-meu-en-noun-xYwEvffz Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 45 55 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, English undefined derivations, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 2 2 0 2 11 11 5 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 6 8 11 3 0 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 0 3 10 10 6 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 11 3 0 4 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: meus [plural], Meu [alternative], mehu [alternative], Mehu [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fon|mɛ̀wú||meu}} Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} meu (plural meus)
  1. (historical) The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-meu-en-noun-NsX21Ucy Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 2 2 0 2 11 11 5 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 6 8 11 3 0 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 0 3 10 10 6 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 11 3 0 4 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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