meio

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːj.joː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.jo/

mēiō (present infinitive mēiere, perfect active mixī, supine mictum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. (vulgar) I urinate, piss.

• mingō

• caldum mēiere et frigidum pōtāre

• 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

• meyo (obsolete)

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.u/
• Rhymes: -eju

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

1. half

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

• mear

meio (comparative mais meio superlative o mais meio)

1. a little bit

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

   Synonym: um pouco

2. almost

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

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

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

meio

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of mear