med

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See also med-, Med, MEd, med., með, meď, měd, and měď

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened from medical.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

med (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Medical.
    I'm in med school.

Noun [edit]

med (plural meds)

  1. (informal, chiefly in the plural) medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
    He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.

Anagrams [edit]

Czech [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

med m

  1. honey (sweet liquid made by bees)

Declension [edit]

    declension of med
singular plural
nominative med medy
genitive medu medů
dative medu medům
accusative med medy
vocative mede medy
locative medu medech
instrumental medem medy

Related terms [edit]

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse með.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /mɛd/, [mɛð]

Preposition [edit]

med

  1. with
  2. by
  3. including, counting

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse með.

Preposition [edit]

med

  1. with

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse með.

Preposition [edit]

med

  1. with

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

West Proto-Germanic *mēdō, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō, from Proto-Indo-European *mizdʰos. Cognate with Old Frisian mede, Old Saxon meda, Old High German miata (German Miete (“rent”)); and with Ancient Greek μισθός (“reward”), archaic Russian мзда (“payment, bribe”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mēd f

  1. reward

Declension [edit]

    Declension of med (strong ō-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative mēd mēda, mēde
accusative mēde mēda, mēde
genitive mēde mēda
dative mēde mēdum

Descendants [edit]

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognate with English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέθυ (“wine”) (whence English methylene, methane, Greek μέθη (“drunkness”)), Hindi मधु (“honey”) or Urdu مدھو (“honey”), Persian می (“wine”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /mêːd/

Noun [edit]

mȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑д)

  1. honey
Declension [edit]
    declension of med
singular plural
nominative mȇd mȅdovi
genitive mȅda mȅdōvā
dative mȅdu mȅdovima
accusative mȇd mȅdove
vocative mȅdu mȅdovi
locative mȅdu mȅdovima
instrumental mȅdom mȅdovima

Etymology 2 [edit]

Variant of među.

Pronunciation [edit]

Preposition [edit]

med

  1. (Kajkavian) between
  2. (Kajkavian) among

Slovak [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Noun [edit]

med m (genitive singular medu, nominative plural medy), declension pattern dub

  1. honey (the sweet liquid made by bees)

Declension [edit]

    declension of med
singular plural
nominative med medy
genitive medu medov
dative medu medom
accusative med medy
locative mede medoch
instrumental medom medmi

Derived terms [edit]

Slovene [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Pronunciation [edit]

Preposition [edit]

med

  1. (with instrumental) between (stationary)
  2. (with accusative) between (motion towards)

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *medъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

méd m inan.

  1. honey
Declension [edit]
Declension of med (masculine, irregular)
singular
nominative med
accusative med
genitive medu, meda
dative medu
locative medu
instrumental medom

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *mědь.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

méd f

  1. brass
Declension [edit]
This Slovene noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /meː(d)/, /mɛː(d)/
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    		(file)

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Adverb [edit]

med

  1. also, as well, too
Derived terms [edit]
  • See preposition, below
Synonyms [edit]

Preposition [edit]

med

  1. with, together with, in the company of
    Han tränar (tillsammans) med vänner.
    He trains (together) with friends.
  2. including, containing, with; in addition to
    Han hittade en plånbok med 100 euro.
    He found a wallet containing 100 euros.
    Med dig blir vi 4 (stycken).
    Including you, there will be four of us.
    Han har en motorcykel med sidovagn.
    He has a motorcycle with a sidecar.
    En hög med sand.
    A pile of sand.
  3. by, with; by means of
    Han reste med tåg
    He travelled by train
    Han öppnade dörren med nyckeln.
    He opened the door with the key.
  4. at, in, on, with (expressing manner)
    Han kör med en hastighet av 90 km/h
    He is driving at a speed of 90 km/h.
    Sluta skriva med stora bokstäver!
    Stop writing in capital letters!
    Han gjorde det med avsikt
    He did it on purpose.
    He talar med brytning
    He speaks with an accent.
  5. to (in the expression "lika med" = "equal to")
    1 + 1 är lika med 2
    1 + 1 is equal to 2.
    Hon är gift med en svensk
    She is married to a Swede.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

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Noun [edit]

med c

  1. a runner (device upon which something slides)
  2. a rocker (a device upon which something rocks)
Declension [edit]
Declension of med
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative med meden medar medarna
genitive meds medens medars medarnas
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