mio

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See also: Mio, mío, mió, mio-, mi'o, and Mio.

Asturian

Alternative forms

Adjective

mio

  1. my, mine

Galician

Verb

mio

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of miar

Istriot

Pronoun

mio

  1. Alternative form of meîo
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
      Ti son la manduleîna del mio core;
      You are the almond of my heart;

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian meo, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.o/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: mì‧o

Determiner

mio (feminine mia, masculine plural miei, feminine plural mie)

  1. my; of mine (used attributively)
    casa miamy house
    i miei figlimy children
    le mie macchinemy cars

Pronoun

mio (feminine mia, masculine plural miei, feminine plural mie)

  1. mine (used predicatively)
    Sono i miei.They are mine.
  2. mine; the thing belonging to me (used substantively)
    Il mio è....Mine is....

Usage notes

  • (attributively): When used before most nouns, the forms of mio take the corresponding definite or indefinite article (a form of il or of un). When used after the modified noun or before a noun denoting a singular close family member, articles are not used.
    il mio cane — “my dog”
    la mia foto — “my photo”
    i miei figli — “my children”
    le mie macchine — “my cars”
    ... mio — “...of mine”
    ... mia — “...of mine”
    ... miei — “...of mine”
    ... mie — “...of mine”
    mio zio — “my uncle”
    mia madre — “my mother”
  • (predicatively): When used predicatively, the definite article is not used.
  • (substantively): When used substantively, the definite article is used.

See also

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

mio

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みお

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin meus. Compare Italian mio.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mìo (first-person singular possessive of masculine singular, of feminine singular mìa, of masculine plural mìeje, of feminine plural mèje or mèe)

  1. my
    ’O sole mio“Sun of Mine”

Coordinate terms

Pronoun

mìo (first-person singular possessive of masculine singular, of feminine singular mìa, of masculine plural mìeje, of feminine plural mèje or mèe)

  1. mine (possessive)

Coordinate terms

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

Determiner

mio

  1. (masculine) Alternative form of mi

Portuguese

Verb

mio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of miar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mîo/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧o

Adjective

mȉo (definite mȉlī, comparative miliji, Cyrillic spelling ми̏о)

  1. dear
  2. kind

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjo/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: mio

Pronoun

mio

  1. Misspelling of mío.

Interjection

mio

  1. meow (sound of a cat)

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