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mead¹
- /miːd/
Sounds like meed · Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).
noun meads · meath · meathe · meeth
- An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. "Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."
- A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
mead²
- /miːd/
Sounds like meed · Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made.
noun meads
- A meadow. And then in haste her bow'r she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves; Or if the earlier season lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead.
Mead³
Where it comes from
Two main origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).
proper noun Meads · Meade · Meades
- A surname from Old English.
- A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
- A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia
- A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado.
- A township in Merrick County, Nebraska.
- A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
- A township in Belmont County, Ohio.
- A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
- A township in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place in Spokane County, Washington, named after George Meade.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: meadow, hurd, grassland, lea, field, prairie, pasture, steppe, meadowland, heath, moor, plain, greensward, sward, pastureland, savanna
Translations
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noun alcoholic drink
| Español | aguamiel, hidromiel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 꿀술 kkulsul, 밀주 milju |
| 日本語 | はちみつ酒 hachimitsushu, ミード mīdo |
| 中文 | 蜂蜜酒 fēngmìjiǔ |
| Português | hidromel |
| Français | hydromel, chouchen |
| Deutsch | Met, Honigwein |
| Italiano | idromele |
| Ελληνικά | υδρόμελι ydrómeli |
| Română | hidromel, mied |
| Русский | мёд, медову́ха medovúxa |
| العربية | بِتْع bitʕ |
| עברית | תֶּמֶד témed |
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title = {mead},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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