seu

See also: SEU, seü, sèu, séú, sɛu, and sếu

Translingual

Symbol

seu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Serui-Laut.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Serui-Laut terms

Aromanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēbum. Compare Romanian seu.

Noun

seu n (plural seuri)

1. animal fat, suet, tallow

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”). The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.

The weak form son is also from Latin suum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

Alternative forms

• sou (Alghero)

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

seu (feminine seva or seua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural seves or seues)

1. his, her/hers, its
2. their, theirs
3. your, yours (alluding to vostè or vostès)

Usage notes

• When preceding a noun, seu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
• The third person possessive changes form for number and gender according to the number and gender of the item possessed, not the number and gender of the possessor.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
				proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
		majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
		f	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive			si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial	ablative/genitive			en, n’	-ne, ’n
	locative			hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural.   ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition.   ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

See also

• son
• llur

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin sēdem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seu f (plural seus)

1. seat (of power or authority), center

   Synonym: central

2. (Christianity) seat (of a bishop or pope), see
3. (Christianity) cathedral

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Catalan sèu, from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

Alternative forms

• sèu (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsew]

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Noun

seu m (plural seus)

1. suet
2. tallow
3. sebum

References

• “seu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

seu

1. inflection of seure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• séu (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

seu

1. (colloquial Northern, Alghero) second-person plural present indicative of ser

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) suil

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *solium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sø/

Noun

seu m (plural seus)

1. (Troyen) threshold

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Fijian

Etymology

From (compare with Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Tahitian heu, Maori heu (“to separate, to clear”)).

Verb

seu (seseu; seuta)

1. to scratch
2. to paw, to dig the ground
3. to scoop

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “seu, seuta”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 226

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from an older sou (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; it fell out of use during the 14th century), from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛw], [ˈsew]
• Rhymes: -ew
• Hyphenation: seu

Determiner

seu m (masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)

1. Third-person singular possessive determiner.
   1. his (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of him)
   2. her (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of her)
   3. its
   4. their
2. Third-person plural possessive determiner.
   1. their

Pronoun

seu m (masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)

1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun.
   1. his (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of him)
   2. hers (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of her)
   3. its
   4. theirs (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of them)
2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun.
   1. theirs (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of them)

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sou”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seu”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seu”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese céu. Cognate with Kabuverdianu seu.

Noun

seu

1. sky

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese céu.

Noun

seu

1. sky

Latin

Etymology

Apocope of sīve.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛu̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛːu̯]

Conjunction

seu

1. or
2. either... or... (seu... seu...)

Descendants

• Romanian: sau

References

• “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "seu", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• seu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søː/

Etymology 1

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (“self”).

Adjective

-

1. his
2. her
3. its
4. their

Pronoun

seu (invariable)

1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. hers
   3. its
2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

Synonyms

• sò

See also

• mæ
• teu, tò
• nòstro
• vòstro

Etymology 2

From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

seu f (invariable)

1. sister

See also

• fræ

Nyishi

Alternative forms

• su

Noun

seu

1. cattle, cow

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old French

Alternative forms

• seü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Participle

seu

1. past participle of savoir

Descendants

• Middle French: sceu
  • French: su

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛu̯/

Determiner

seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)

1. Third-person singular possessive determiner.
   1. his (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of him)
   2. her (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of her)
      • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

        Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

        This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

   3. its
   4. their
2. Third-person plural possessive determiner.
   1. their

Pronoun

seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)

1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun.
   1. his (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of him)
   2. hers (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of her)
   3. its
   4. theirs (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of them)
2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun.
   1. theirs (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of them)

Descendants

• Fala: sei
• Galician: seu
• Portuguese: seu

Portuguese

Alternative Forms

sou (Trás-os-Montes)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sew/ [seʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sew/

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): [se]
• Hyphenation: seu

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, sou, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).

Determiner

seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)

2. Third-person singular possessive determiner.
   1. his (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of him)

      Machado de Assis afirmou, no seu livro Ressurreição (1872): "Cada qual sabe amar a seu modo; o modo, pouco importa; o essencial é que saiba amar."

      Machado de Assis said, in his book Resurrection (1872), “Everyone knows how to love in their way; the way matters little; the essential thing is that they know how to love.”

      • 1999, Adroaldo Furtado Fabrício, Causos da Bossoroca e de outras querências, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 65:

        Boêmio, falante, amigo do copo e das noitadas, folgazão e mulherengo, com todos convivia facilmente, mas suas presepadas por vezes pesavam demais e deixavam ressentimentos.

        Bohemian, outspoken, a friend of the glass and of nights out, fun-loving and a womanizer, he got on easily with everyone, but his pranks sometimes weighed too heavily and left resentment.

      • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 417:

        Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]

        Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]

      • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

        [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]

        [...] his vocabulary had only five words [...]

      • 2008, Paulo C.Kanashiro, Contos Para Acordar, Clube de Autores, page 27:

        Com sua parte do dinheiro, resolveu contar a sua mãe que estaria de mudança para Nova Iorque. Lá estudaria, trabalharia com os produtores de filmes. Sempre desejara viver numa grande metrópole mundial.

        With his share of the money, he decided to tell his mother he was moving to New York. There he'd study, work with film producers. He'd always wanted to live in a major world metropolis.

   2. her (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of her)

      Maria Antonieta foi a última rainha da França antes da Revolução Francesa. Nascida na Áustria, era detestada por sua corte e por seu povo.

      Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. Born in Austria, she was hated by her court and her people.

      • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 240:

        Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.

        It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

      • 2015, Vitor Fernandez, Meu Amigo Do Futebol, Erotikontos, →ISBN, page 21:

        A véspera do natal havia chegado. Fernanda e sua família, como sempre passavam o natal lá em casa. Nós fazíamos amigo-oculto e sempre trocamos os presentes. O natal daquele ano estava igual a todos os outros anos, monótono como sempre.

        Christmas Eve had arrived. Fernanda and her family, as always, spent Christmas at the house. We played secret Santa and always exchanged presents. That year's Christmas was the same as every other year's, as dull as ever.

   3. its

      João ligou o computador, mas o seu sistema logo foi infectado por um ransomware.

      John turned on his computer, but its system was soon infected by ransomware.

      • 2005, Gil Felippe, No Rastro de Afrodite – Plantas Afrodisíacas e Culinária, Ateliê Editorial, →ISBN, page 33:

        Havia formas já selecionadas de abacaxi ou ananás na época pré-colombiana. É considerado o fruto mais saboroso da América e os primeiros indícios de seu cultivo são do México.

        There were already selected forms of pineapple in pre-Columbian times. It's considered the tastiest fruit in America and the first evidence of its cultivation comes from Mexico.

      • 2007, Márcia Tolotti, As Armadilhas do Consumo, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 51:

        O desejo por status pode ser considerado, no seu extremo, uma doença moderna e coletiva. Isso ocorre quando a falta ou a escassez de bens materiais representa um autodesprezo e uma prova de inferioridade. Para combater tal sensação, algumas pessoas se lançam no mercado como verdadeiros kamikazes do consumo.

        The desire for status can be considered, at its extreme, a modern, collective disease. This occurs when the lack or scarcity of material goods represents self-loathing and proof of inferiority. To combat this feeling, some people throw themselves into the market like true consumer kamikazes.

      • 2010, Julio Simões Filho, Meus Artigos e Sermões, Clube de Autores, page 51:

        O adágio “A esperança é a última que morre” deve ser vivido literalmente, isto é, a esperança só deve morrer com o seu dono; deve acompanhá-lo até o último suspiro.

        The adage “Hope is the last thing that dies” should be taken literally, i.e. hope should only die with its owner; it should accompany them until their last breath.

      • 2014, Vladd Devos Ravoieli, Império da Noite - A Vespa e o Coração do Imperador - Volume II, biblioteca24horas, →ISBN, page 273:

        Localizado no marco zero, a Catedral da Sé, como era comumente chamada, abrigava centenas de esculturas espalhadas em seu exterior e interior, a maior parte em mármore, bem como um órgão com cerca de doze mil tubos.

        Located at ground zero, the Sé Cathedral, as it was commonly called, housed hundreds of sculptures scattered around its exterior and interior, most of them in marble, as well as an organ with around twelve thousand pipes.

   4. their

      Se alguém precisa de ajuda com o seu projeto, pode vir a mim.

      If anyone needs help with their project, they can come to me.

      Sam Smith é conhecido por seus álbuns "Stay With Me", "Too Good at Goodbyes" e "Unholy".

      Sam Smith is known for their albums "Stay With Me", "Too Good at Goodbyes", and "Unholy".

4. Third-person plural possessive determiner.
   1. their

      Os irmãos Grimm eram acadêmicos alemães. Suas publicações se tornaram clássicos da literatura infantil.

      The Brothers Grimm were German academics. Their publications have become classics of children's literature.

      • 2008, Sonia Coutinho, Uma certa felicidade, 7Letras, →ISBN, page 70:

        Sim, o tempo passando desfoca devagar as lentes da memória, embala-nos pouco a pouco, ao sabor dos incidentes cotidianos, deixo a firma, arranjo outro emprego e outro(s) homem(ns), as cenas antigas vão perdendo seu brilho, mas ainda lembro Rodrigo.

        Yes, the passing of time slowly blurs the lenses of memory, lulls us little by little, to the taste of everyday incidents, I leave the firm, get another job and (an)other man or men, the old scenes lose their luster, but I still remember Rodrigo.

      • 2014, Luísa F. Habigzang, Eva Diniz, Silvia H. Koller, Trabalhando com Adolescentes: Teoria e Intervenção Psicológica, AMGH Editora, →ISBN, page 125:

        Os otakus não só incorporam diversos termos japoneses a sua fala como também se inspiram e são influenciados por características orientais em outras atividades, como o cosplay.

        Not only do otakus incorporate various Japanese terms into their speech, they're also inspired and influenced by oriental characteristics in other activities, such as cosplay.

6. Second-person singular possessive determiner.
   1. your (equivalent to de você)

      Posso ficar na sua casa? ― Can I stay at your house?

      • 2005, Matthew D. Bauer, O Poder de Cura da Acupressura e da Acupuntura, Editora Pensamento, →ISBN, page 142:

        Se você sentir que a acupuntura incomoda, discuta o assunto com o seu acupunturista. Se não ficar satisfeito com o que ele lhe disser, procure outro acupunturista que use agulhas mais finas.

        If you feel that acupuncture bothers you, discuss the matter with your acupuncturist. If you aren't satisfied with what he tells you, look for another acupuncturist who uses thinner needles.

8. Second-person plural possessive determiner.
   1. your (equivalent to de vocês)

      Casal, como está o seu relacionamento? ― Couple, how's your relationship?

10. you (used before epithets for emphasis)

    Seu idiota! ― You idiot! (addressing one man)

    Suas idiotas. ― You idiots! (addressing a group of women)

Pronoun

seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)

2. Third-person singular possessive pronoun.
   1. his (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of him)

      Elon Musk é o homem mais rico do mundo, e agora o Twitter é seu.

      Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, and now Twitter is his.

   2. hers (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of her)

      A Paula foi muito ousada nessa prova, então o troféu não vai ser seu.

      Paula was very bold in this challenge, so the trophy won't be hers.

   3. its

      A empresa argumentou no tribunal que os dados procurados pelos coletores de impostos não eram seus para lhes dar.

      The company argued in court that the data sought by tax collectors wasn't its to give them.

   4. theirs (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of them)

      Ninguém deve pegar o que não é seu. ― No one must take what isn't theirs.

4. Third-person plural possessive pronoun.
   1. theirs (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of them)

      Seus por só algumas semanas, os celulares já são como bonecos pras crianças.

      Theirs for just some weeks, smartphones already feel like dolls to kids.

6. Second-person singular possessive pronoun.
   1. yours (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you), equivalent to de você

      A palavra é sua! ― The floor is yours!

8. Second-person plural possessive pronoun.
   1. yours (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you), equivalent to de vocês

      Alunos, a sala é sua! ― Students, the room is yours!

Noun

seu m (plural seus, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)

1. (with the definite article) his, hers, its, theirs, yours (used substantively, with an implied noun)

   Defende o seu, que eu trato do meu ― Defend yours, and I'll take care of mine.

   O seu ao seu dono. ― To each his own. (literally, “Theirs to its owner.”)

Usage notes

• Inflects according to the object’s (possessee's) gender and number. In the third person (singular and plural), the possessor can often be ambiguous, in which case seu/sua/seus/suas gets replaced with dele or dela; or with deles or delas for plural possessors. All of them are placed after the possessee. Sometimes both are used pleonastically for emphasis, e.g.

  A moça notou que ambos comentavam o seu estado dela.

  The girl noticed that both were commenting on her condition.

  (literally, “The girl noticed that both were commenting on her condition of hers.”)

Synonyms

• (your): teu, de você

See also

• ô

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

Etymology 2

From senhor, from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Noun

seu m (uncountable)

2. (Brazil, familiar) mister (as a form of address)

   Synonyms: senhor, (Southern Portugal) tio

   Estive com o seu Luís ontem.

   I was with Mr. Luís yesterday.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

Noun

seu n (plural seuri)

1. animal fat
2. suet
3. tallow

See also

• soi, zoaie
• grăsime

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sew]

Ideophone

seu

1. wham, pow, snap, bam

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sew”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon