different between region vs mede

English

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?j??n, IPA^(key): /??i?d??n?/
• Rhymes: -i?d??n

Noun

region (plural regions)

1. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
   1. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
   2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
   3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
   4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
   5. Ellipsis of administrative region
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

5. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
6. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Derived terms

• region-wide, regionwide

Related terms

Translations

References

• region in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

1. region

Inflection

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re??i?n]
• Hyphenation: ré?gi?on

Noun

region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)

1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

   Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

Related terms

Further reading

• “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

region (plural regiones)

1. region

Ladin

Alternative forms

• raion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Middle English

Noun

region

1. Alternative form of regioun

Middle French

Etymology

Latin regi?.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region (area, district, etc.)

Descendants

• French: région
  • ? Romanian: regiune

References

• region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

1. a region

Derived terms

References

• “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

1. a region

Derived terms

References

• “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin regi?.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Related terms

• regional

Polish

Etymology

From German Region, from Latin regi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r???.j?n/

Noun

region m inan

1. region, area, district

   Synonyms: rejon, obszar, dzielnica, obwód, kraina

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• r?gija (Croatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

regì?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) region
2. (Croatia, derogatory) the area of former Yugoslavia

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Noun

region c

1. region, area

Declension

Related terms

• regional
• regionförbund
• stödregion
• Västra Götalandsregionen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?d?]

Noun

mede m

1. vocative singular of med

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?.d?/
• Hyphenation: me?de
• Rhymes: -e?d?

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch mithi, stressed variant of mit (from which met), from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Adverb

mede

1. co-

   Mede gemaakt door (...). – Co-made by (sponsored by).

2. With someone or something else (mee)

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *medu, *medo, from Proto-Germanic *meduz.

Noun

mede f (uncountable)

1. mead (fermented drink made from honey)

   Synonyms: honingdrank, honingwater, honingwijn

Derived terms

• medeblander
• medehal
• medezaal

Etymology 3

Verb

mede

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of mijden

Anagrams

• meed

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ede
• Hyphenation: mé?de

Noun

mede f pl

1. plural of meda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de
• Hyphenation: mè?de

Adjective

mede

1. feminine plural of medo

Noun

mede f pl

1. plural of meda

Japanese

Romanization

mede

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch mithi, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??d?/

Adverb

m?de

1. together, with
2. in accordance
3. furthermore, with that also

Descendants

• Dutch: mede, mee

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *medu, *medo, from Proto-Germanic *meduz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??d?/

Noun

m?de m

1. mead (drink)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: mede

Etymology 3

Unknown

Noun

m?de f

1. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: meekrap

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin Medus, from Ancient Greek ????? (Mêdos).

Noun

m?de m

1. Mede (inhabitant of Media)

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: meed

Etymology 5

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

Noun

mede ?

1. A measure of volume, consisting of half an ame, or around 75 litres.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: meet

Further reading

• “mede (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “mede (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “mede (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “mede (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “mede (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “mede (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “mede (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *méd?u. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse mj?ðr.

Alternative forms

• meode, med, meed, meþe, meþ, meth, meeth, methe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??d(?)/, /?m???/

Noun

mede (uncountable)

2. mead (alcoholic beverage)

Descendants

• English: mead
• Scots: meid, mede

References

• “m?d(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English m?d, m?d, from Proto-Germanic *m?dw?; the form is from the Old English oblique cases, but with the nominative's lack of -w- leveled in. Doublet of medwe, which retains the -w-.

Alternative forms

• meed, meede, med

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??d(?)/, /?me?d(?)/

Noun

mede (plural medes)

2. meadow, clearing

   Synonym: medwe

Related terms

• medewax
• medewort

Descendants

• English: mead (poetic)
• Yola: mead

References

• “m?d(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From the oblique forms of Old English m?d, from Proto-West Germanic *mi?du.

Alternative forms

• med, meed, meede, miede, mide, meode, meid, meide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?d(?)/

Noun

mede (plural medes or (early) meden)

2. A monetary reward; earnings:
   1. gift, present
   2. salary, payment
3. charge, fee
4. (just or deserved) reward, consequence
5. (moral) benefit, value

Related terms

• medeful
• medefully
• meden

Descendants

• English: meed
• Scots: meed

References

• “m??de, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

Verb

mede

1. Alternative form of meden (“to reward”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mede

1. inflection of meda (“fat”):
   1. locative singular
   2. nominative plural

Portuguese

Verb

mede

1. third-person singular present indicative of medir
2. second-person singular imperative of medir

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?me?e]

Noun

mede m

1. locative singular of med

Slovene

Verb

m??de or méde

1. third-person singular present of mesti

Swedish

Alternative forms

• med

Noun

mede c

1. runner (device upon which something slides)
2. rocker (device upon which something rocks)

Declension

Synonyms

• glidskena
• skridskoskena

Derived terms

• (Compounds) kälkmede, meddon, medspår, slädmede, sparkmede

References

• mede in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)