eu

Symbol

eu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Basque.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Basque terms

Pronoun

eu

1. Alternative form of io

Etymology

From Latin ovum.

Noun

eu m (plural eus)

1. egg

Numeral

eu

1. one

Pronoun

eu

1. Alternative form of eiu

References

• “eiu, eo, eu, ghjeu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eu/

Adverb

eu

1. when

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Etymology

From Middle French eu, from Old French eü, from Vulgar Latin *habūtus, replacing Classical Latin habitus.

The spelling, which contradicts the pronunciation, is because Middle French -eu- besides /ø/ also sometimes represented long /yː/. The latter cases were generally replaced with -û- in Early Modern French, e.g. dû, flûte for Middle French deu, fleute. However, in the case of eu and related forms the spelling û was considered awkward and so the Middle French form was preserved.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: eue, eues, eus, eut, eût, u (general), us (one pronunciation), hue, huent, hues (aspirated)

Participle

eu (feminine eue, masculine plural eus, feminine plural eues)

1. past participle of avoir

Anagrams

• UE