meadow

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meadow^¹

/ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/ UK
[ˈmɛd.əʊ̯] UK
[ˈmɛd.ɵ̞ʊ̯] UK
/ˈmɛd.oʊ̯/ Canada, US
[ˈmɛd.oʊ̯]
[ˈmɛd.ɔʊ̯]
[ˈmɛɾ.oʊ̯]
[ˈmɛɾ.ɔʊ̯]
/ˈmed.əʉ̯/ Australia
[ˈmed.əʉ̯]
[ˈmed.ɐ̝ʉ̯]
[ˈmeɾ.əʉ̯]
[ˈmeɾ.ɐ̝ʉ̯]

Rhymes with -ɛdəʊ

Where it comes from

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow.

Cognates

Cognate with Yola mead (“meadow”), Saterland Frisian Mäid (“meadow”), West Frisian miede (“meadow”), Dutch made (“hayland, meadow”), German Matte (“meadow”); also Cornish mysi (“to harvest; to mow”), Welsh medi (“to reap”), Latin metō (“to harvest, reap; to cut; to mow”), Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”).

noun meadows

A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed. alpine meadows
Similar: mead, lea, ley, leigh
Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea. the salt meadows near Newark Bay

verb meadows · meadowing · meadowed

To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay. That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and tha

Meadow^²

proper noun

A township in Clay County, Iowa.
A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
An unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota.
A town in Terry County, Texas.
A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.
A female given name. "Oh, shoot. This must be bad. You're drinking a cocktail in the middle of the day," Meadow said, leaning down to hug her sister.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hayfield, lea, grassland, field, prairie, pasture, sweet, mead, goldin, pre, rue, soph, close, lark, pipit, brook

Translations

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noun field or pasture

Español	prado, vega, zacatal, pastizal, yerbazal, hierbazal
한국어	들 deul, 초지 choji
日本語	草原 sōgen, 草地 kusachi, 草原
中文	草地 cǎodì, 草甸 cǎodiàn
हिन्दी	चरागाह carāgāh, तृणभूमि tŕṇbhūmi
Português	prado
Français	pré, prairie
Deutsch	Wiese, Weide, Aue
Italiano	prato
Ελληνικά	λιβάδι livádi
Română	pajiște, livadă
Русский	луг lug, поля́на poljána
Tiếng Việt	đồng cỏ
العربية	مَرْج marj
עברית	אָחוּ 'akhu

noun low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers

Español	vega, pajonal
Русский	лука́ luká

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BibTeX

@misc{meadow_2026,
  title = {meadow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meadow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}