See also: Medo, međo, mêdo, and Medo-

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *meduz. Compare English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέδος (médos), Latin mēdus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmedo]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: me‧do

Noun

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medo (accusative singular medon, plural medoj, accusative plural medojn)

  1. mead
    Synonym: mielakvo

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus. Cognate with Portuguese medo, Asturian mieu, Spanish miedo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: me‧do

Noun

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medo m (uncountable)

  1. fear
    Synonym: temor

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References

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos), from an Iranian language.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.do/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdo
  • Hyphenation: mè‧do

Adjective

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medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medi, feminine plural mede)

  1. (historical) Median (pertaining to Media or Medes)

Noun

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medo m (plural medi, feminine meda)

  1. (historical) Mede, Median (person from Media)

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medo m (uncountable)

  1. Median (language)

Further reading

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  • medo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Japanese

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Romanization

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medo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めど

Middle English

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Noun

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medo

  1. Alternative form of medwe

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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medo

  1. nominative singular of meda (fat)

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus (fear). Compare Spanish miedo.

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧do

Noun

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medo m (plural medos)

  1. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
    Não tenho medo.
    I'm not afraid.
    Estamos com medo.
    We are afraid.
    • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:
      Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!
      I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin Mēdus

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧do

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medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

  1. Median
    Synonym: (dated) médico

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Derived from medved

Noun

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medo n (Cyrillic spelling медо)

  1. bear
  2. teddy bear

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: me‧do

Adjective

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medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

  1. (historical, relational) of Media; Mede (of or relating to historical Media)

Noun

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medo m (plural medos, feminine meda, feminine plural medas)

  1. Mede (native or resident of historical Media)
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