med
English
Etymology
Shortened from medical.
Pronunciation
Adjective
med (not comparable)
Noun
med (plural meds)
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
- He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Pronunciation
Noun
med m
- honey (sweet liquid made by bees)
Declension
Related terms
Danish
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Etymology
West Proto-Germanic *mēdō, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō, from Proto-Indo-European *mizdʰos. Cognate with Old Frisian mede, Old Saxon meda, Old High German miata (German Miete (“rent”)); and with Ancient Greek μισθός (“reward”), archaic Russian мзда (“payment, bribe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /meːd/
Noun
mēd f
Declension
Descendants
- English: meed
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognate with English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέθυ (“wine”) (whence English methylene, methane, Greek μέθη (“drunkness”)), Hindi मधु (“honey”) or Urdu مدھو (“honey”), Persian می (“wine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mêːd/
Noun
mȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑д)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mȇd | mȅdovi |
| genitive | mȅda | mȅdōvā |
| dative | mȅdu | mȅdovima |
| accusative | mȇd | mȅdove |
| vocative | mȅdu | mȅdovi |
| locative | mȅdu | mȅdovima |
| instrumental | mȅdom | mȅdovima |
Etymology 2
Variant of među.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɛd/
Preposition
med
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun
med m (genitive singular medu, nominative plural medy), declension pattern dub
- honey (the sweet liquid made by bees)
Declension
Derived terms
- medokýš m
- medovina f
- medovník m
- medový
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.
Pronunciation
Preposition
med
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Pronunciation
Noun
méd m inan.
Declension
Etymology 3
From Proto-Slavic *mědь.
Pronunciation
Noun
méd f
Declension
- This Slovene noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic *midi.
Adverb
med
Derived terms
- See preposition, below
Synonyms
Preposition
med
- with, together with, in the company of
- Han tränar (tillsammans) med vänner.
- He trains (together) with friends.
- Han tränar (tillsammans) med vänner.
- including, containing, with; in addition to
- Han hittade en plånbok med 100 euro.
- He found a wallet containing 100 euros.
- Med dig blir vi 4 (stycken).
- Including you, there will be four of us.
- Han har en motorcykel med sidovagn.
- He has a motorcycle with a sidecar.
- En hög med sand.
- A pile of sand.
- Han hittade en plånbok med 100 euro.
- by, with; by means of
- Han reste med tåg
- He travelled by train
- Han öppnade dörren med nyckeln.
- He opened the door with the key.
- Han reste med tåg
- at, in, on, with (expressing manner)
- Han kör med en hastighet av 90 km/h
- He is driving at a speed of 90 km/h.
- Sluta skriva med stora bokstäver!
- Stop writing in capital letters!
- Han gjorde det med avsikt
- He did it on purpose.
- He talar med brytning
- He speaks with an accent.
- Han kör med en hastighet av 90 km/h
- to (in the expression "lika med" = "equal to")
- 1 + 1 är lika med 2
- 1 + 1 is equal to 2.
- Hon är gift med en svensk
- She is married to a Swede.
- 1 + 1 är lika med 2
Antonyms
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Etymology 2
Noun
med c
Declension
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- glidskena
- skridskoskena
Compounds
- kälkmed
- meddon
- medspår
- slädmed
- sparkmed
References
- med in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)