meu
/ˈmjuː/US/ˈmju/
meu noun: meum athamanticum, a European herb.
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Noun (1)
meu (uncountable)
- Meum athamanticum, a European herb.
Noun (2)
meu (plural meus)
- The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Noun (3) capitalized: MEU
MEU (plural MEUs)
- Acronym of marine expeditionary unit.
Noun (4) capitalized: Meu
Meu (plural Meus)
- Alternative letter-case form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”).
Synonyms of meu
Forms of meu
| plural | meus |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Meu |
| alternative form | mehu |
| alternative form | Mehu |
| plural | MEUs |
| plural | Meus |
| alternative form (rare) | mew |
Origin of meu
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.
Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”).
Words that rhyme with meu
Questions about meu
- What does meu mean?
- Meu means meum athamanticum, a European herb.
- What part of speech is meu?
- Meu is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meu?
- Meu is pronounced /ˈmjuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of meu?
- The plural of meu is meus.
Words near meu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meu (page history and authors); MEU (page history and authors); Meu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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