meud

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin modius.

Noun

meud m (plural meuds)

1. big barrel used for wine

Synonyms

• barri
• barrique
• foudre
• foudri
• tone
• toneâ

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton meut, from Proto-Celtic *mā-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-.

Compare Welsh bawd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmøːt/

Noun

meud m (plural meudoù)

1. thumb
2. pincer, claw (of crab or lobster)

Inflection

  Mutation of meud  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	meud	veud	unchanged	unchanged
plural	meudoù	veudoù	unchanged	unchanged

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish méit, mét (“greatness, magnitude, of size, quantity, number, extent, degree”) from Proto-Celtic *mantī, Proto-Indo-European *mh₁n̥tih₂, from a feminine *-onts derivative of *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Irish méid and Welsh maint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miat/

Noun

meud m (genitive singular meud, plural meudan)

1. size, extent
2. amount, quantity

Derived terms

• cia mheud (“how many”)
• cuir am meud (“overstate, exaggerate”)
• dà-mheudach (“two-dimensional”)
• meudachd (“size, magnitude, greatness, scale; calibre”)
• trì-mheudach (“three-dimensional”)