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beu

See also: bèu, beü, and bêu

Albanian

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Noun

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beu

  1. inflection of bej:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular

Aromanian

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Etymology

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From Latin bibō. Compare Romanian bea, beau.

Verb

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beu first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative bia, past participle biute)

  1. to drink
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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin bos.

Noun

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beu m (plural beus)

  1. beef

Catalan

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beu

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bøː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: beu
  • Rhymes: -øː

Adjective

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beu

  1. fed up, having had enough
    Ik ben het beu.
    We zijn de situatie beu!

Usage notes

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  • Can normally only be used in its indeclined form in the fixed expression exemplified above with zijn and a direct object.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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beu

  1. (obsolete, of eating or drinking) to satiety

Esperanto

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Verb

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beu

  1. jussive of bei

French

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FWOTD – 20 April 2021

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Clipping of beuhère, verlan form of herbe (“grass”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beu f (plural beus)

  1. (Verlan) weed, pot (marijuana)
    • 2005, Frédéric Beigbeder, L'égoïste romantique‎[1], →ISBN:
      Quand il fume de la beu, Ludo devient un sage homme. Chaque fois que je lui pose une question essentielle, il se met à préparer un joint.
      When he smokes pot, Ludo becomes a wise man. Each time I ask him an existential question, he begins preparing a joint.
    • 2009, Richard Price, Souvenez-vous de moi‎[2], →ISBN:
      Quand le chauffeur, un Blanc costaud aux cheveux en brosse, une boîte KFC sur les cuisses, fit descendre sa vitre, l’odeur de la beu sortit en volutes comme la vapeur d’un sauna. Lugo recula d’un pas en agitant l’air de la main.
      When the driver, a burly white man with a crew cut and a KFC bucket between his thighs, lowered his window, the smell of weed billowed out like steam from a sauna. Lugo took a step back, fanning the air with his hand.

Middle English

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Adjective

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beu

  1. Alternative form of beau

Old French

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Alternative forms

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

Verb

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beu

  1. past participle of boivre

Old Irish

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Verb

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beu

  1. Alternative spelling of béo

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
beu beu
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbeu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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beu m

  1. ox
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