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

Related terms

• feudale
• feudalesimo
• feudatario

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

   Conjugation of feudō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	feudō		feudās		feudat		feudāmus		feudātis		feudant
	imperfect	feudābam		feudābās		feudābat		feudābāmus		feudābātis		feudābant
	future	feudābō		feudābis		feudābit		feudābimus		feudābitis		feudābunt
	perfect	feudāvī		feudāvistī		feudāvit		feudāvimus		feudāvistis		feudāvērunt, feudāvēre
	pluperfect	feudāveram		feudāverās		feudāverat		feudāverāmus		feudāverātis		feudāverant
	future perfect	feudāverō		feudāveris		feudāverit		feudāverimus		feudāveritis		feudāverint
passive	present	feudor		feudāris, feudāre		feudātur		feudāmur		feudāminī		feudantur
	imperfect	feudābar		feudābāris, feudābāre		feudābātur		feudābāmur		feudābāminī		feudābantur
	future	feudābor		feudāberis, feudābere		feudābitur		feudābimur		feudābiminī		feudābuntur
	perfect	feudātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	feudātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	feudātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	feudem		feudēs		feudet		feudēmus		feudētis		feudent
	imperfect	feudārem		feudārēs		feudāret		feudārēmus		feudārētis		feudārent
	perfect	feudāverim		feudāverīs		feudāverit		feudāverīmus		feudāverītis		feudāverint
	pluperfect	feudāvissem		feudāvissēs		feudāvisset		feudāvissēmus		feudāvissētis		feudāvissent
passive	present	feuder		feudēris, feudēre		feudētur		feudēmur		feudēminī		feudentur
	imperfect	feudārer		feudārēris, feudārēre		feudārētur		feudārēmur		feudārēminī		feudārentur
	perfect	feudātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	feudātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		feudā		—		—		feudāte		—
	future	—		feudātō		feudātō		—		feudātōte		feudantō
passive	present	—		feudāre		—		—		feudāminī		—
	future	—		feudātor		feudātor		—		—		feudantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		feudāre			feudārī			feudāns			—
future		feudātūrum esse			feudātum īrī			feudātūrus			feudandus
perfect		feudāvisse			feudātum esse			—			feudātus
future perfect		—			feudātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		feudātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		feudandī		feudandō		feudandum		feudandō		feudātum		feudātū

Derived terms

• feudātōrius
• feudātus

Related terms

• feudum

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *péḱu

Proto-Germanic *péku

Proto-Germanic *fehu

Frankish *fehuder.

Old French fieubor.

▲

Frankish *fehubor.

Old Occitan feubor.

Latin feudumbor.

Portuguese feudo

Borrowed from Latin feudum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfew.du/ [ˈfeʊ̯.du]

• (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

• feudal

Related terms

• feudalismo, feudalista, feudatário

Further reading

• “feudo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “feudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

Related terms

• feudal

Further reading

• “feudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025