feudo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin feudum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛw.do/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwdo
  • Hyphenation: fèu‧do

Noun

feudo m (plural feudi)

  1. feud, fiefdom, fief
  2. (figurative) domain, stronghold

Descendants

  • Greek: φέουδον (féoudon) (Katharevousa)
    • Greek: φέουδο (féoudo) (Modern)
  • Romanian: feudă

Latin

Etymology

From feudum (fief).

Verb

feudō (present infinitive feudāre, perfect active feudāvī, supine feudātum); first conjugation

  1. to enfeoff
    • 1726, Johann Pistorius, Rerum Germanicarum veteres jam primum publicati scriptores aliquot insignes medii ævi ad Carolum V, volumes 3, 445:
      ipſi Principi Burgundiæ ducatum feudavit Gelriæ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin feudum.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfew.du/ [ˈfeʊ̯.du]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfew.do/ [ˈfeʊ̯.do]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfew.du/ [ˈfew.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: feu‧do

Noun

feudo m (plural feudos)

  1. fief, fiefdom, manor

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin feudum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeudo/ [ˈfeu̯.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eudo
  • Syllabification: feu‧do

Noun

feudo m (plural feudos)

  1. fief
  2. stomping ground
  3. home, home ground, home soil

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