seu

From Latin sēbum. Compare Romanian seu.

seu n (plural seuri)

1. animal fat, suet, tallow

Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”). The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.

The weak form son is also from Latin suum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

• sou (Alghero)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

seu (feminine seva or seua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural seves or seues)

1. his, her/hers, its
2. their, theirs
3. your, yours (alluding to vostè or vostès)

• When preceding a noun, seu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
• The third person possessive changes form for number and gender according to the number and gender of the item possessed, not the number and gender of the possessor.

• son
• llur

Inherited from Latin sēdem.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

seu f (plural seus)

1. seat (of power or authority), center

   Synonym: central

2. (Christianity) seat (of a bishop or pope), see
3. (Christianity) cathedral

Inherited from Old Catalan sèu, from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

• sèu (pre-2016 spelling)

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

seu m (plural seus)

1. suet
2. tallow
3. sebum

• “seu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

seu

1. inflection of seure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• séu (pre-2016 spelling)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

seu

1. (colloquial Northern, Alghero) second-person plural present indicative of ser

• (Rémois) suil

Inherited from Latin *solium.

IPA^(key): /sø/

seu m (plural seus)

1. (Troyen) threshold

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

From (compare with Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Tahitian heu, Maori heu (“to separate, to clear”)).

seu (seseu; seuta)

1. to scratch
2. to paw, to dig the ground
3. to scoop

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “seu, seuta”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 226

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from an older sou (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; it fell out of use during the 14th century), from Latin suus.

• IPA^(key): ,

seu m (masculine singular seu, masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)

1. (possessive) his, hers, its
2. (possessive) their

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sou”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seu”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seu”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Portuguese céu. Cognate with Kabuverdianu seu.

seu

1. sky

From Portuguese céu.

seu

1. sky

Apocope of sīve.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seu̯/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seu̯/,

seu

1. or
2. either... or... (seu... seu...)

• Romanian: sau

• “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• seu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• seu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /søː/

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (“self”).

-

1. his
2. her
3. its
4. their

seu (invariable)

1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. hers
   3. its
2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

• sò

• mæ
• teu, tò
• nòstro
• vòstro

From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

seu f (invariable)

1. sister

• fræ

• su

seu

1. cattle, cow

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

• seü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

seu

1. past participle of savoir

• Middle French: sceu
  • French: su

From Latin suus.

• IPA^(key): /sɛu̯/

seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)

1. third-person singular possessive pronoun: his, her, its
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

• Fala: sei
• Galician: seu
• Portuguese: seu

• Hyphenation: seu

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, sou, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).

seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)

2. Third-person singular possessive pronoun. his; her; its
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 240:

     Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.

     It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 417:

     Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]

     Then the smile reappeared in his face

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]

     his vocabulary had only five words

4. Third-person plural possessive pronoun. their; theirs
6. Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun você)

   Posso ficar em sua casa?

   Can I stay at your house?

8. Second-person plural possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun vocês)
10. you (used before epithets for emphasis)

    Seu idiota!

    You idiot! (addressing one man)

    Suas idiotas.

    You idiots! (addressing a group of women)

• Inflects according to the object’s (possessee's) gender and number. In the third person (singular and plural) the possessor can often be ambiguous in which case seu/sua/seus/suas gets replaced with dele (“his”) or dela (“hers”), placed after the possessee; or with deles (“theirs”) or delas for plural possessors.

• (your): teu, de você

• ô

From senhor, from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

seu m (uncountable)

2. (Brazil, familiar) mister (as a form of address)

   Synonyms: senhor, (Southern Portugal) tio

   Estive com o seu Luís ontem.

   I was with Mr. Luís yesterday.

Inherited from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

seu n (plural seuri)

1. animal fat
2. suet
3. tallow

• soi, zoaie
• grăsime

• IPA^(key):

seu

1. wham, pow, snap, bam

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sew”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon