eu

See also: Eu, EU, .e'u, eu-, -eu, .eu, , and Appendix:Variations of "eu"

Aromanian

Pronoun

eu

  1. Alternative form of io

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin ovum.

Noun

eu m (plural eus)

  1. egg

Chuukese

Numeral

eu

  1. one

Drehu

Pronunciation

Adverb

eu

  1. when

References


French

Etymology

From Old French , from Vulgar Latin *habutus (Classical Latin habitus). Compare Aromanian avut, Catalan hagut, Dalmatian avoit, Friulian vût, Italian avuto, Occitan agut, Old Spanish avudo, Portuguese havido, Romanian avut, Sicilian avutu, Spanish habido, Venetian avudo.

Pronunciation

Verb

eu m (feminine singular eue, masculine plural eus, feminine plural eues)

  1. past participle of avoir

Usage notes

  • Eu is pronounced /y/, despite the fact that the digraph ‹eu› is regularly pronounced /ø/ or /œ/.

Anagrams


Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese eu, from Vulgar Latin *eo which is attested since the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego. The accusative form is from Old Portuguese me, from Latin . The dative form is possibly in part from Latin mihi, through a Vulgar Latin *mi.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈew/, (occasionally) /ˈɛw/, /ˈɪw/
  • (file)

Pronoun

eu (after a preposition min, accusative me, dative me)

  1. I

See also

  • Appendix:Galician pronouns

References

  • eu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. yo.

Japanese

Romanization

eu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えう

Latvian

Interjection

eu

  1. Use to draw somebody's attention

Manx

Pronoun

eu (emphatic form euish)

  1. 2nd person plural/formal of ec
    at you/ye

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

eu

  1. Alternative form of ewe

Etymology 2

Pronoun

eu

  1. (chiefly early) Alternative form of yow

References


Old French

Verb

eu

  1. past participle of avoir

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛw/

Pronoun

eu

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants


Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Leonese you, yo Spanish yo, and Mozarabic yo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛw/

Pronoun

eu

  1. I

Descendants

  • Eonavian: eu
  • Fala: ei
  • Galician: eu
  • Portuguese: eu
    • Barranquian: ê
    • Kristang: yo

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

See iu.

Pronoun

eu

  1. you (accusative)

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese eu, from Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Galician eu, Romanian eu and Sardinian eo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eu m or f

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:eu.

Derived terms

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject)
Accusative
(direct object)
Dative
(indirect object)
Prepositional Prepositional
with com
Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no)
a
(la, na)
lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil)
a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos)
as
(las, nas)
lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)

Noun

eu m (plural eus)

  1. (chiefly philosophy) ego; self (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • eu lírico

Interjection

eu!

  1. Used to draw attention to oneself after having their name called.
    Dr. Hélio? – Eu!
    Dr. Hélio? – Here!

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • (old orthography)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Portuguese eu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jew], [jo]
  • (file)

Pronoun

eu

  1. (nominative form) I

Declension

Nominative
eu
Accusative
stressed unstressed
mine
Genitive
Singular Plural
m & n f m f & n
meu mea mei mele
Dative
stressed unstressed
mie îmi
Reflexive
Accusative Dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
mine mie îmi

See also

Noun

eu n (plural euri)

  1. ego

Declension


Romansch

Alternative forms

  • jau (Rumantsch Grischun)
  • jeu (Sursilvan)
  • jou (Sutsilvan)
  • ia (Surmiran)
  • eau (Puter)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

eu

  1. (Vallader) I

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ei̯/
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /iː/, /ɪ/
  • Homophone: ei

Usage notes

  • Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in north Wales.

Determiner

eu (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

  1. their
    Cwynent am eu blinder a’u hafiechyd.
    They complained of their weariness and their illness.
  2. them (as the direct object of a verbal noun)
    Fe fu amser pan fyddai drysau trên yn eu hagor i chi.
    There was a time when train doors would be opened for you.

Usage notes

Nhw is often added after the noun.

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