meum et tuum

[ me-oom et -too-oom; English mee-uhm et -too-uhm, -tyoo- ]

/ ˈmɛ ʊm ɛt ˈtu ʊm; English ˈmi əm ɛt ˈtu əm, -ˈtyu- /

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Latin.

mine and thine.

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Words nearby meum et tuum

mettlesome, Metuchen, metyrapone, Metz, meu, meum et tuum, Meung, meunière, Meursault, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse

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How to use meum et tuum in a sentence

Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”
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Ebb and flow, checks and balances, the center would hold, et cetera.
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To an audience destabilized by seismic changes in the culture, he brings the assurance (and the threat) that Obama et al.
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Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, et al., for opening the floodgates of political campaign donations.
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I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.
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The Vulgate translates: “Et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum.”
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De secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae, p. 533 (Brewer).
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Peu aprs nostre arrive, i'escrivy l'estat auquel nous avons retrouv ceste Eglise et Colonie naissante.
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Commenons, comme l'on dict, de chez nous, de la maison et habitation; puis nous sortirons dehors.
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Estimez un peu que c'est du reste du symbole et fondemens chrestiens.
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British Dictionary definitions for meum et tuum

meum et tuum

/ Latin (ˈmeɪʊm ɛt ˈtuːʊm) /

mine and thine: used to express rights to property

Word Origin for meum et tuum

C16: neuter of mēus mine and tuus yours

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