meud
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin modius
Noun
meud m (plural meuds)
- big barrel used for wine
Synonyms
- barri
- barrique
- foudre
- foudri
- tone
- toneâ
Breton
Etymology
Compare Welsh bawd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmøːt/
Noun
meud m (plural meudoù)
- thumb
Inflection
Mutation of meud
| Breton consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
| singular | meud | veud | unchanged | unchanged | veud |
| plural | meudoù | veudoù | unchanged | unchanged | veudoù |
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish méit, mét (“greatness, magnitude, of size, quantity, number, extent, degree”) (compare Irish méid). Cognate with Welsh maint, from Proto-Celtic *mantī-.
Noun
meud m (genitive singular meud, plural meudan)
- size, extent
- amount, quantity
Derived terms
- cia mheud (“how much, how many”)
- cuir am meud (“overstate, exaggerate”)
- dà-mheudach (“two-dimensional”)
- meudachd (“size, magnitude, greatness, scale; calibre”)
- trì-mheudach (“three-dimensional”)