medo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "medo"

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: me‧do

Noun

medo (accusative singular medon, plural medoj, accusative plural medojn)

1. mead

   Synonym: mielakvo

See also

• teĝo

Further reading

• “medo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “medo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Hyphenation: me‧do

Noun

medo m (uncountable)

1. fear

   Synonym: temor

Derived terms

• medoento
• medoso

See also

• Medo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “medo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “medo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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^(key): /ˈmɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: mè‧do

Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medi, feminine plural mede)

1. (historical) Median (pertaining to Media or Medes)

Noun

medo m (plural medi, feminine meda)

1. (historical) Mede, Median (person from Media)

Noun

medo m (uncountable)

1. Median (language)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• demo, demo-, mode

Japanese

Romanization

medo

1. Rōmaji transcription of めど

Middle English

Noun

medo

1. alternative form of medwe

Old English

Noun

medo m

1. alternative form of medu

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

1. 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^(key): /ˈme.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.du/ [ˈme.ðu]

• Hyphenation: me‧do

Noun

medo m (plural medos)

2. 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^(key): /ˈmɛ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.du/ [ˈmɛ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: me‧do

Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

1. Median

   Synonym: (dated) médico

Further reading

• “medo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “medo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Hypocoristic or diminutive of medvjed/medved. A variant of true diminutive medvjedić/medvedić.

Noun

medo m anim (Cyrillic spelling медо)

1. bear
2. teddy bear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: me‧do

Adjective

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

1. (historical) Mede (of, from or relating to Media (historical region of Iran))

Noun

medo m (plural medos, feminine meda, feminine plural medas)

1. (historical) Mede (native or inhabitant of Media (historical region of Iran)) (usually male)

Related terms

• Media

Further reading

• “medo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025