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Eu

Definitions: Eu

Eu

Noun

1. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

2. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he took Britain into Europe".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Eu" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Eu

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Eu

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

EU

EnglishEquipment UnitsPublic Administration, Computing

Eu

FrenchChamp utilisableElectrical Engineering

EU

GermanEuropäische UnionEuropean Union

EU

LatinUnio EuropaeaEuropean Union

Eu

SpanishIntensidad de campo utilizableElectrical Engineering
Canalisation EUFrenchCanalisation d'eau uséeBuilding & Civil Engineering, Environment
EURABEnglishEU Research Advisory BoardN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Eu

Synonyms: atomic number 63 (n), europium (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Eu

Specialty definitions using "Eu": 15+15 frameworkCommon Agricultural Policy, concertation procedure, continental United StatesDariolet, Dariolette, Designing Inorganic-Organic DEvicesEU 15 aggregate, EU Sea Sediment databaseHeadline Task Force, High Production Volume Chemicals, household budget surveyPreferential trade agreementsRecycling of Automobile Fuel TanksTransatlantic ForumVariable import levy, Visegrad Countries. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Eu" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (had), French Canadian (had), Galician (I), Latin (European Union, good! well done! good job!), Manx (at you, your), Norwegian (EC), Portuguese (egocentric, I am, self), Romanian (i, myself), Welsh (their).

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Modern Usage: Eu

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

O Que Nós Veremos O Que Eu Vi (1974)

Os Homens Que Eu Tive (1973)

Ela Transa Eu Transo (1972)

Eu E a Moto (1972)

Eu!!! (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Eu

DomainTitle

Books

  • End-Times News: EU Final World Empire (reference)

  • Eu Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (reference)

  • MacHiavelli in Brussels: The Art of Lobbying the Eu (reference)

  • The EU & Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad and the Impact of EU Enlargement (reference)

  • The Impact of Eu Law on Health Care Systems (Work and Society) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Eu

Illustrations:
Eu

More images...

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Photo Album: Eu

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Eu sou o comunismo, esta n cara.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Eu

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The EU has also introduced several standards. (references)

All products imported must meet EU specifications. (references)

These agencies completely adhere to EU regulations. (references)

Children

Greece

With EU funding, special care is available for juvenile offenders, Romani children, children from remote mountain and island areas, and children with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Italy

Many of these immigrants enter the country with the intent to transit to other European Union (EU) countries. (references)

Korea

A Russian news agency interviewed Kim Jong Il in July, and a large international press group accompanied a European Union (EU) delegation that visited in May. (references)

Economic History

Lesotho

Partners--South Africa, Asia, EU. (references)

Brunei Darussalam

Major suppliers--ASEAN, Japan, U.S., EU. (references)

Kazakhstan

Major partners--Russia, EU, U.S., China. (references)

Human Rights

Macedonia

Both the OSCE and EU missions remained concerned about human rights problems, among other issues. (references)

Turkey

Regional bar associations and the EU held training seminars with the police and judges and prosecutors in several provinces and in Ankara headquarters, focusing on EU human rights standards. (references)

Austria

In 2000 a group of 3 human rights experts, accepted by the other 14 European Union (EU) member states, conducted a review of the rights of minorities, refugees, and immigrants in the country. (references)

Minorities

Estonia

An EU program reimburses language training costs for those who pass the examination. (references)

Poland

The march culminated in a rally at which demonstrators burned the Israeli and EU flags. (references)

Slovak Republic

On October 2, the Government gave 88 flats, which were built in Presov by the local council with the help of the EU, to primarily Romani families. (references)

Political Economy

ITALY

The ban appears to violate EU regulations. (references)

SPAIN

The figure for the entire EU would be somewhat higher. (references)

FRANCE

France strongly supports continued EU export subsidies. (references)

Trade

Greece

Trade between EU members is duty-free. (references)

Lebanon

EU norms are widely acceptable in Lebanon. (references)

Sweden

EU Customs Union System applies to all imports. (references)

Travel

Finland

Finland invests more in education that the EU countries on average. (references)

France

It should be noted that other EU suppliers are accustomed to dealing in the French language. (references)

Ireland

While Ireland has more paved road on a per capita basis than any other country in the EU, it lacks an efficient network of highways. (references)

Women

Italy

The code, which follows an EU recommendation, is attached to national sectoral labor contracts as they are negotiated. (references)

Italy

In 1999 the EU directive regulating night work for women was incorporated into the law; with some exceptions, women may work at night. (references)

Austria

In 1994 the European Court of Justice ruled that the country's law prohibiting women from working nights was not permissible and gave the Government until the end of the year to adapt its legislation to gender-neutral EU regulations. (references)

Worker Rights

Italy

For most practical purposes, EU directives on health and safety also have been incorporated into the law. (references)

Hungary

Men trafficked for forced labor through Hungary to the EU and the United States come from Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. (references)

Hungary

The International Organization of Migration (IOM) continued a program funded by the EU to raise awareness of the problem of trafficking and to educate potential victims. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Eu

"Eu" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.93% of the time. "Eu" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)82.93%3459,261
Noun (singular)12.2%5157,705
Noun (common)4.88%2245,945
                    Total100.00%41N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Eu

Expressions using "Eu": EU 15 aggregate EU Sea Sediment database. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Eu": eu-fuse-ia, EU-SEASED.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eu

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  eu

709

  eu news

14

  eu farm statistics subsidy

153

  eu turkey

13

  eu presidency

72

  eu in travel

12

  eu amateur

49

  eu passport

12

  eu flag

45

  the eu and russia

12

  eu country

40

  bidrag eu

12

  eu member

35

  aid eu grant

12

  eu directive

34

  eu commission

11

  eu moped

25

  eu o

11

  beep eu

24

  eu yan sang

11

  eu poland

24

  eu italy vs

11

  eu enlargement

23

  carlos eu falar lhe pra roberto tanto tenho

11

  eu te amo

23

  country eu member

11

  eu mopeder

19

  eu domain

11

  eu map

18

  constitution draft eu

10

  eu sei que vou te amar

17

  2003 eu russia summit

10

  eu neuwagen

15

  eu european union

10

  eu region

14

  eu import

10

  constitution eu

14

  eu subvention

9

  eu history

14

  eu parliament

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Eu

Language Translations for "Eu"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

歐洲聯盟 (European Union), 欧共". (various references)

   

Danish

  

EU-Phare Credo-programmet for grænseoverskridende samarbejde mellem centraleuropæiske lande (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Program for økonomisk og kulturel udveksling mellem EU og Indien (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Europese Verordening Overbrenging Afvalstoffen (Council Regulation(EEC)on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, EU Waste Shipment Regulation, into and out of the European Community), EU-Phare Credo-programma - Grensoverschrijdende samenwerking tussen de landen van Midden-Europa (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Programma voor transculturele economische samenwerking EU-India (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme), Nieuwe accenten in een groter Europa (New accents in an enlarged EU, New horizons within a larger Europe: shifting the emphasis). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Euroopan unionin Phare-ohjelmaan kuuluva Credo-ohjelma - Keski- ja Itä-Euroopan maiden välinen raja-alueyhteistyö (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Euroopan unionin ja Intian taloutta ja kultuuria koskeva ohjelma (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme). (various references)

   

French

  

Programme Phare Credo - Union européenne - Coopération transfrontalière entre les pays d'Europe centrale (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Programme économique et transculturel Union européenne - Inde (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme), Livre vert sur l'établissement d'un système d'échange des droits d'émission de gaz effet de serre dans l'Union européenne (Green Paper on Establishment of a Greenhouse Gas Emission Exchange in the EU), Comité consultatif de la recherche de l'UE (EU Research Advisory Board, EURAB), Centre UE-Japon pour la coopération industrielle (EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation), base de données EU-SEASED (EU Sea Sediment database, EU-SEASED database), base de données de l'UE sur les sédiments marins (EU Sea Sediment database, EU-SEASED database). (various references)

   

German

  

EU-Phare Credo-Programme für grenzübergreifende Zusammenarbeit zwischen mitteleuropäischen Ländern (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Verordnung zur Überwachung und Kontrolle der Verbringung von Abfällen in der,in die und aus der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (Council Regulation(EEC)on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, EU Waste Shipment Regulation, into and out of the European Community), Interkulturelles Wirtschaftsprogramm EU-Indien (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme), Grünbuch über die Errichtung eines Austauschsystems für Emissionsrechte für Treibhausgase in der Union (Green Paper on Establishment of a Greenhouse Gas Emission Exchange in the EU). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ΕΕ (end effector, European Union). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Programma UE-Phare Credo - Cooperazione transfrontaliera tra i paesi dell'Europa centrale (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Programma economico e culturale UE-India (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme), Libro verde sulla creazione di un sistema di scambi dei diritti di emissione di gas ad effetto serra nell'Ue (Green Paper on Establishment of a Greenhouse Gas Emission Exchange in the EU), Centro UE-Giappone per la cooperazione industriale (EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation), banca di dati EU-SEASED (EU Sea Sediment database, EU-SEASED database), banca di dati dell'UE sui sedimenti marini (EU Sea Sediment database, EU-SEASED database). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

イースター島 (ear-ring, easel, east, East Coast, East End, East Side, Easter Island, eastern grip, Eastern League, European Union, even, even par, evil, Goteborg, Gothenburg, Iran-Iraq, Jesus, Jesus Christ, yeast, yellow, yes, yes-man). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

イーユー (European Union). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

로". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

euay

   

Portuguese

  

Programa Phare-Credo-UE - Cooperação transfronteiriça entre os países da Europa Central (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Programa Económico e Cultural UE-India (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Programa económico y cultural Unión Europea - India (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme), Programa Credo UE-Phare - Cooperación transfronteriza entre los países de Europa Central (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

EU-Phares Credoprogram - Gränsöverskridande samarbete mellan centraleuropeiska länder (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries), Ekonomiskt tvärkulturellt program mellan EU och Indien (EU-India economic cross-cultural programme). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Eu

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Európai Unió, Unio Europaea. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Eu

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 3, Verse 27
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMh aposch eu poiein endeh hnika an ech h ceir sou bohqein
Latin405VulgateNoli prohibere benefacere eum qui potest si vales et ipse benefac
Middle English1395WyclifWile thou not forfenden hym that mai wel don; if thou maist, and thiself wel do.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWithhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Victorian English1833WebsterWithhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
Basic English1964OgdenDo not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Eu

LanguageProverbs Chapter 3, Verse 27
Cebuano¶ Ayaw pag ihikaw ang kaayohan gikan kanila diin kini gikinahanglan, Sa diha nga kini anaa sa gahum sa imong kamot ang pagbuhat niini.
Chinese 手 若 有 行 善 的 力 量 、 不 可 推 辭 、 就 當 向 那 應 得 的 人 施 行 。
CroatianNe uskrati dobroèinstva potrebitim kad god to možeš uèiniti.
DanishNægt ikke den trængende Hjælp, når det står i din Magt at hjælpe;
DutchOnthoud het goed van zijn meesters niet, als het in het vermogen uwer hand is te doen.
FinnishÄlä kiellä tarvitsevalta hyvää, milloin sitä tehdä voit.
FrenchNe refuse pas un bienfait celui qui y a droit, Quand tu as le pouvoir de l`accorder.
GermanWeigere dich nicht, dem Dürftigen Gutes zu tun, so deine Hand von Gott hat, solches zu tun.
Haitian Creole¶ Pa refize fè byen pou moun ki nan nesesite, chak fwa ou santi ou ka fè sa.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariJika kau mempunyai kemampuan untuk berbuat baik kepada orang yang memerlukan kebaikanmu, janganlah menolak untuk melakukan hal itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJanganlah engkau menahani barang dari pada orang yang empunya dia, jikalau dalam kuasa tanganmu sekalipun akan berbuat demikian.
ItalianNon negare un beneficio a chi ne ha bisogno, se è in tuo potere il farlo.
Maori¶ Kaua e kaiponuhia te pai ki te hunga i tika nei ma ratou, i nga wa e taea ai e tou ringa.
NorwegianNekt ikke de trengende din hjelp, når det står i din makt å gi den!
PortugueseNão negues o bem a quem de direito, estando no teu poder fazê-lo.   
RumanianNu opri o binefacere celui ce are nevoie de ea, cknd poyi s`o faci.
RussianоЕ ПФЛБЪЩЧБК Ч 'МБЗП"ЕСОЙЙ ОХЦ"БАЭЕНХУС, ЛПЗ"Б ТХЛБ ФЧПС Ч УЙМЕ У"ЕМБФШ ЕЗП.
SpanishNo niegues un bien a quien es debido, teniendo poder para hacerlo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Eu

Derivations

Words beginning with "Eu": eucaine, eucaines, eucalypt, eucalypti, eucalyptol, eucalyptole, eucalyptoles, eucalyptols, eucalypts, eucalyptus, eucalyptuses, eucaryote, eucaryotes, eucharis, eucharises, eucharistic, euchre, euchred, euchres, euchring, euchromatic, euchromatin, euchromatins, euclase, euclases, euclidean, euclidian, eucrite, eucrites, eucritic, eudaemon, eudaemonism, eudaemonisms, eudaemonist, eudaemonistic, eudaemonists, eudaemons, eudaimonism, eudaimonisms, eudemon, eudemons, eudiometer, eudiometers, eudiometric, eudiometrically, eugenia, eugenias, eugenic, eugenically, eugenicist, eugenicists. (additional references)

Words ending with "Eu": adieu, emeu, feu, jeu, leu, lieu, milieu, pareu, priedieu, purlieu. (additional references)

Words containing "Eu": accoucheur, accoucheurs, aculeus, adieus, adieux, aeneus, aleuron, aleurone, aleurones, aleurons, amateur, amateurish, amateurishly, amateurishness, amateurishnesses, amateurism, amateurisms, amateurs, aneuploid, aneuploidies, aneuploids, aneuploidy, aneurin, aneurins, aneurism, aneurisms, aneurysm, aneurysmal, aneurysms, antileukemic, antineutrino, antineutrinos, antineutron, antineutrons, antirheumatic, antirheumatics, aponeuroses, aponeurosis, aponeurotic, arbitrageur, arbitrageurs, athenaeum, athenaeums, atheneum, atheneums, aureus, auteur, auteurist, auteurists, auteurs, berceuse. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Eu"

Words ending with "Eu": Feu. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Eu

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "e-u"
 

+1 letter: cue, due, eau, ecu, emu, feu, hue, jeu, kue, leu, rue, sue, uke, use.

 

+2 letters: ague, beau, bedu, blue, bute, clue, cube, cued, cues, cuke, cure, cute, duce, dude, duel, dues, duet, duke, dune, dupe, dure, eaux, ecru, ecus, emeu, emus, etui, euro, feud, feus, flue, fuel, fume, fuse, fuze, genu, geum, glue, grue, gude, hued, hues, huge, jehu, jeux, jube, juke, jupe, jute, kues, kune, leku, leud, lieu, lube, luce, lude, lues, luge, lune, lure, lute, luxe, menu, meou, moue, mule, mure, muse, mute, neuk, neum, nude, nuke, puce, puke, pule, pure, quey, roue, rube, rude, rued, ruer, rues, rule, rune, ruse, slue, spue, sued, suer, sues, suet, supe, sure, true, tube, tule, tune, ukes, unbe, unde, urea, urge, used, user, uses, uvea, yeuk, yule, zebu.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Eu


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 75

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#117

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0075

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3987

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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