different between meon vs peon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (mêon), probably from ????? (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Noun

meon (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spignel, Meum athamanticum

Synonyms

• (Meum athamanticum): meu, meum; baldmoney, maldmoney; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, bear-wort, bear's wort

References

• Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, mone, nemo, nome, omen

Irish

Alternative forms

• meón (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /m?u?n??/

Etymology 1

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Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meonta)

1. attitude, disposition
2. character, temperament
3. Alternative form of mian (“desire”)
4. Alternative form of méin (“mind, disposition”)

Declension

Derived terms

• meonúil (“whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meoin)

1. Alternative form of meán (“middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "meon" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old French

Adjective

meon

1. (9th century) Alternative form of mon

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg.

English

Etymology

From a combination of Middle French pion, peon and Spanish peón, both from Late Latin ped?, ped?nem (“footsoldier”). Doublet of pawn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?.?n/, /pe???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pi.?n/, /?pe?.?n/
• (especially sense 3, obsolete) IPA^(key): /p??u?n/, /pju?n/

Noun

peon (plural peons)

1. A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
2. (figuratively) A person of low rank or importance.
3. (India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.

Related terms

• peonage

Translations

References

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “peon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Nope, nope, open, peno-, pone

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pion

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Noun

peon m (definite singular peonen, indefinite plural peoner, definite plural peonene)

1. a peony (genus Paeonia)

Derived terms

• peonrød

References

• “peon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pion

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Noun

peon m (definite singular peonen, indefinite plural peonar, definite plural peonane)

1. a peony (genus Paeonia)

References

• “peon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.