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meu¹

  • /ˈmjuː/ UK
  • /ˈmju/ US

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

From Latin mēum (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size. The English form came perhaps via Middle French meu, a word with a single isolated attestation from the 14th century which only began to appear consistently from 1568, by which time the word was established in English.

noun mew

  1. uncountable Meum athamanticum, a European herb.

    Similar: meon, meum, baldmoney, spignel, bearwort

meu²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”).

noun meus · Meu · mehu · Mehu

  1. historical The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.

MEU³

noun MEUs

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of marine expeditionary unit

Meu⁴

noun Meus

  1. Alternative letter-case form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”).

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"meu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

meu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meu

Chicago

"meu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meu.

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@misc{meu_2026,
  title = {meu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}