# medo
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *meduz. Compare English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέδος (médos), Latin mēdus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmedo]
* Rhymes: -edo
* Hyphenation: me‧do

### Noun

medo (accusative singular medon, plural medoj, accusative plural medojn)
* mead
    Synonym: mielakvo

### See also

* teĝo

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus. Cognate with Portuguese medo, Asturian mieu, Spanish miedo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞ʊ]
* Rhymes: -edo
* Hyphenation: me‧do

### Noun

medo m (uncountable)
* fear
    Synonym: temor

#### Derived terms

* medoento
* medoso

#### See also

* Medo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “medo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “medo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “medo”, 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), “medo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “medo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos), from an Iranian language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛ.do/
* Rhymes: -ɛdo
* Hyphenation: mè‧do

### Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medi, feminine plural mede)
* (historical) Median (pertaining to Media or Medes)

### Noun

medo m (plural medi, feminine meda)
* (historical) Mede, Median (person from Media)

### Noun

medo m (uncountable)
* Median (language)

### Further reading

* medo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* demo, demo-, mode

## Japanese
### Romanization

medo
* Rōmaji transcription of めど

## Middle English
### Noun

medo
* Alternative form of medwe

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑁂𑀤𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* मेदो (Devanagari script)
* মেদো (Bengali script)
* මෙදො (Sinhalese script)
* မေဒေါ or မေၻေႃ (Burmese script)
* เมโท (Thai script)
* ᨾᩮᨴᩮᩣ or ᨾᩮᨴᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
* ເມໂທ (Lao script)
* មេទោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄬𑄘𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Noun

medo
* nominative singular of meda (“fat”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus (“fear”). Compare Spanish miedo.

#### Alternative forms

* mêdo (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈme.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈme.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈme.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈme.du/ [ˈme.ðu]
* Hyphenation: me‧do

#### Noun

medo m (plural medos)
* fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
    Não tenho medo.I'm not afraid.
    Estamos com medo.We are afraid.
** 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!

##### Related terms

* medroso

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin Mēdus

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɛ.du/ [ˈmɛ.ðu]
* Hyphenation: me‧do

#### Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)
* Median
    Synonym: (dated) médico

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Derived from medved

### Noun

medo m (Cyrillic spelling медо)
* bear
* teddy bear

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -edo
* Syllabification: me‧do

### Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)
* (historical) Mede (of, from or relating to Media (historical region of Iran))

### Noun

medo m (plural medos, feminine meda, feminine plural medas)
* (historical) Mede (native or inhabitant of Media (historical region of Iran)) (male or of unspecified gender)

#### Related terms

* Media

### Further reading

* “medo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10