See also: SEU, seü, sèu, séú, sɛu, and sếu

AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sēbum. Compare Romanian seu.

NounEdit

seu n (plural seuri)

  1. animal fat, suet, tallow

CatalanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (self).. The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.

The weak form son is also from Latin suum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

seu (feminine seva or seua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural seves or seues)

  1. his, her/hers, its
  2. their, theirs
  3. your, yours (alluding to vostè or vostès)
Usage notesEdit
  • When preceding a noun, seu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
  • The third person possessive changes form for number and gender according to the number and gender of the item possessed, not the number and gender of the possessor.
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin sedem.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

seu f (plural seus)

  1. seat
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

See seure.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

seu

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of seure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of seure

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese seu, from an older sou (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; it fell out of use during the 14th century), from Latin suus.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

seu m (masculine singular seu, masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)

  1. (possessive) his, hers, its
  2. (possessive) their

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • sou” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • seu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • seu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • seu” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • seu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese céu. Cognate with Kabuverdianu seu.

NounEdit

seu

  1. sky

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese céu.

NounEdit

seu

  1. sky

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Apocope of sīve.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

seu

  1. or
  2. either... or... (seu... seu...)

DescendantsEdit

  • Romanian: sau

ReferencesEdit

  • seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • seu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • seu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

LigurianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (self).

AdjectiveEdit

-

  1. his
  2. her
  3. its
  4. their

PronounEdit

seu (invariable)

  1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun
    1. his
    2. hers
    3. its
  2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs
SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

NounEdit

seu f (invariable)

  1. sister

See alsoEdit

NyishiEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

seu

  1. cattle, cow

ReferencesEdit

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

VerbEdit

seu

  1. past participle of savoir

Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin suus.

PronounEdit

seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)

  1. third-person singular possessive pronoun: his, her, its

DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: seu

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese seu, sou, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (self).

PronounEdit

seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)

  1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun. his; her; its
  2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun. their; theirs
  3. Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun você)
    Posso ficar em sua casa?
    Can I stay at your house?
  4. Second-person plural possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun vocês)
  5. you (used before epithets for emphasis)
    Seu idiota!
    You idiot! (addressing one man)
    Suas idiotas.
    You idiots! (addressing a group of women)
Usage notesEdit
  • Inflects according to the object’s (possessee's) gender and number. In the third person (singular and plural) the possessor can often be ambiguous in which case seu/sua/seus/suas gets replaced with dele (his) or dela (hers), placed after the possessee; or with deles (theirs) or delas for plural possessors.
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person meu minha meus minhas
Second person teu tua teus tuas
Third person seu sua seus suas
Plural First person nosso nossa nossos nossas
Second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
Third person seu sua seus suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese


Etymology 2Edit

From senhor, from Old Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (older), comparative of senex (old), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (old).

NounEdit

seu m (uncountable)

  1. (familiar) mister (as a form of address)
    Synonym: senhor
    Estive com o seu Luís ontem.
    I was with Mr. Luís yesterday.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (to pour out).

NounEdit

seu n (plural seuri)

  1. animal fat
  2. suet
  3. tallow

See alsoEdit