meud

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin modius.

Noun

meud m (plural meuds)

big barrel used for wine

Synonyms

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Welsh bawd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmøːt/

Noun

meud m (plural meudoù)

thumb
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”) (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”)

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