meio

See also: meîo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ-. Doublet of mingō. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Sanskrit मेहति (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B miśo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.i̯oː/, [ˈmeːi̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.jo/, [ˈmɛːjo]

Verb

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1. (chiefly intransitive) to urinate

   Synonym: mingō

2. (figurative) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• caldum mēiere et frigidum pōtāre

Descendants

• Asturian: mexar
• Dalmatian: miur
• English: micturate
• Galician: mexar
• Portuguese: mijar
• Spanish: mear

References

• “meio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “meio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maius.

Noun

meio m

1. May

Declension

Declension of meio (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	meio	meion, meiun
accusative	meion, meiun	meion, meiun
genitive	meien, meiin	meiōno
dative	meien, meiin	meiōm, meiōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: meie, meige
  • Alemannic German: Mai
  • Bavarian: Moa
    • Cimbrian: moajo
    • Mòcheno: moi
  • German: Mai
    • → Hunsrik: Maai
  • Kölsch: Meij
  • Luxembourgish: Mee
  • Pennsylvania German: Moin
  • Vilamovian: maj
  • Yiddish: מײַ (may)

References

• "meio" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/ [ˈmeɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/ [ˈmeɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.o/ [ˈmeɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.u/

• Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
• Hyphenation: mei‧o

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare the borrowed doublets médio and médium. Sense of "way" or "mean" from Latin medium.

Alternative forms

• meyo (obsolete)

Adjective

meio (feminine meia, masculine plural meios, feminine plural meias, not comparable)

1. half

Derived terms

• meia hora
• meia-noite
• meia-volta
• meio milhão
• meio-dia

Related terms

• meão
• mear

Adverb

meio

1. a little bit, somewhat

   Synonym: um pouco

   Estou meio cansado. ― I'm a little bit tired.

2. almost

Noun

meio m (plural meios)

1. middle, center
2. half

   Synonym: metade

3. way, mean (method by which something is done)
4. environment

   Synonym: ambiente

5. (in the plural) resources; means

Derived terms

• meio ambiente
• meio social

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meio

1. first-person singular present indicative of mear