eu

Other forms of eu

plural

eus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eu

What does eu mean?

eu means "a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eu?

eu has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈiˌju/.

What is another word for eu?

Close synonyms include europium, atomic number 63, European Union, European Community, EC. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eu a common word?

eu is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with eu?

10 words rhyme with eu. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.