meus

English

Noun

meus

1. plural of meu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmews]

Pronoun

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

1. superseded spelling of mèus (“meows”), deprecated in the 2016 orthographic reform by the Institute of Catalan Studies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɛws]

Noun

meus

1. plural of meu (“meow”)

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish meas, from Proto-Celtic *mā-to. Cognate with Breton meud and Welsh bawd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœːz/

Noun

meus m (plural meusi)

1. thumb

   Synonym: bys bras

Derived terms

• meusva (“inch”)
• meusya (“hitchhike”, verb)
• pynn meus (“drawing pin”)

Mutation

Mutation of meus

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
meus	veus	unchanged	unchanged	feus	veus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

meus

1. inflection of mouvoir:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• émus, mues, muse, musé, seum

Galician

Etymology

From Latin meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmews/

Pronoun

meus m pl (masculine singular meu, masculine plural meus, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)

1. (possessive) mine

   Ou meus veciños e amigos!

   Oh my neighbors and friends!

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

Further reading

• “meu”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Alternative forms

• meos (Old Latin)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *meos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈme.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.us]

Determiner

meus (feminine mea, neuter meum); first/second-declension determiner, with locative

1. (possessive) my, mine

   Mitte hunc meā grātiā.

   Let this man alone for my sake.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective, with locative.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	meus	mea	meum		meī	meae	mea
genitive	meī	meae	meī		meōrum	meārum	meōrum
dative	meō	meae	meō		meīs mīs
accusative	meum	meam	meum		meōs	meās	mea
ablative	meō	meā	meō		meīs mīs
vocative	mī	mea	meum		meī	meae	mea
locative	meī	meae	meī		meīs mīs

Derived terms

• meātim

Descendants

• Aromanian: njeu, meu, nja, njei, njali
• Asturian: mio, míu, mía, míos, míes
• Old Catalan: meu, mia, meus, mies; (from unstressed) mon, ma, mos, mes
  • Catalan: meu, meva, meus, meves; mon, ma, mos, mes
• Dalmatian: mi, maja
• Franco-Provençal: min; mon
• French: mon, ma, mes; mien, mienne, miens, miennes
• Friulian: gno, mê, miei, mês
• Galician: meu, miña, meus, miñas; (from unstressed) mi
• Istriot: meîo, mio, meîa
• Old Italian: meo, mea, mei, mee
  • Italian: mio, mia, miei, mie
  • Judeo-Italian: מִיאוֹ (miʔo /⁠mio⁠/), מֵיאַה (meʔah /⁠⁠mea⁠⁠/), מֵיאִי (meʔi /⁠⁠mei⁠/)
• Mirandese: miu, mie, mius, mies
• Mozarabic: מו (mw), מיו (myw)
• Occitan: meu, meuna
• Portuguese: meu, minha, meus, minhas
• Piedmontese: mè, mia; meja (Valsesia)
• Romanian: meu, mea, mei, mele
• Romansch: mes, mia
• Sardinian: meu, miu, mea, mia
• Sicilian: meu, mè, mìu
• Spanish: mío, mía, míos, mías, mi, mis
• Venetan: mio, mé

See also

• tuus
• suus
• noster
• vester

References

• “meus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “meus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • I haven't had a wink of sleep: somnum oculis meis non vidi (Fam. 7. 30)
    
  • my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt
    
  • my circumstances have not altered: eadem est causa mea or in eadem causa sum
    
  • my interests demanded it: meae rationes ita tulerunt
    
  • my best friend: amicissimus meus or mihi
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
    
  • according to my opinion: mea (quidem) sententia
    
  • I have become callous to all pain: animus meus ad dolorem obduruit (Fam. 2. 16. 1)
    
  • I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
    
  • something is contrary to my moral sense, goes against my principles: aliquid abhorret a meis moribus (opp. insitum [atque innatum] est animo or in animo alicuius)
    
  • the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)
    
  • I felt quite at home in his house: apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)
    
  • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid est meae consuetudinis
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid cadit in meam consuetudinem
    
  • according to my custom: ex consuetudine mea (opp. praeter consuetudinem)
    
  • it is my fault: mea culpa est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be burned to ashes: incendio deleri, absūmi
    
  • (ambiguous) to be carried off by a disease: morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6)
    
  • (ambiguous) to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi
    
  • (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
    
  • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    
  • (ambiguous) a vague notion presents itself to my mind: aliquid animo meo obversatur (cf. sect. III, s. v. oculi)
    
  • (ambiguous) according to my strong conviction: ex animi mei sententia (vid. sect. XI. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) I put myself at your disposal as regards advice: consilii mei copiam facio tibi
    
  • (ambiguous) the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to my sorrow: cum magno meo dolore
    
  • (ambiguous) I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

Old Catalan

Adjective

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mews/ [meʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mews/ [meʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mewʃ/ [meʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mewʃ/

• Hyphenation: meus

Determiner

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

Pronoun

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

Noun

meus m pl (plural only)

1. (with article os, idiomatic) my kin, folks, fellows, kind, friends, or subordinates

   Eu só converso com os meus. ― I only talk with my people.

   Comuniquei aos meus o ocorrido. ― I communicated the occurrence to my subordinates.

2. plural of meu

See also

Portuguese possessives

			singular possessum		plural possessum
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
singular possessor	first person		meu	minha	meus	minhas
	second person		teu	tua	teus	tuas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	dele
		f	dela
plural possessor	first person		nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
	second person		vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	deles
		f	delas