medo

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See also: Medo, međo, mêdo, and Medo-

Esperanto

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Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *meduz. Compare English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέδος (médos), Latin mēdus.

Pronunciation

Noun

medo (accusative singular medon, plural medoj, accusative plural medojn)

  1. mead
    Synonym: mielakvo

See also

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus. Cognate with Portuguese medo, Asturian mieu, Spanish miedo.

Pronunciation

Noun

medo m (uncountable)

  1. fear
    Synonym: temor

Derived terms

See also

References

  • “medo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “medo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “medo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “medo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “medo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos), from an Iranian language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.do/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdo
  • Hyphenation: mè‧do

Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medi, feminine plural mede)

  1. (historical) Median (pertaining to Media or Medes)

Noun

medo m (plural medi, feminine meda)

  1. (historical) Mede, Median (person from Media)

Noun

medo m (uncountable)

  1. Median (language)

Further reading

  • medo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

medo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めど

Middle English

Noun

medo

  1. Alternative form of medwe

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

medo

  1. nominative singular of meda (“fat”)

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus (“fear”). Compare Spanish miedo.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧do

Noun

medo m (plural medos)

  2. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
    Não tenho medo.
    I'm not afraid.
    Estamos com medo.
    We are afraid.
    • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:
      Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!
      I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!
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Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin Mēdus

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧do

Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

  1. Median
    Synonym: (dated) médico

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from medved

Noun

medo n (Cyrillic spelling медо)

  1. bear
  2. teddy bear

Spanish

Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

  1. (historical, relational) of Media; Mede (of or relating to historical Media)

Noun

medo m (plural medos, feminine meda, feminine plural medas)

  1. Mede (native or resident of historical Media)

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Further reading

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