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# eu

«eu» in Mova's school dictionary: **«EU» stands for the European Union, a group of many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

abbreviation (EU = European Union); French «eu» (past form of «avoir»), Portuguese «eu» (= I) — not an English word

### meaning for a pupil

1) (abbreviation) «EU» stands for the European Union, a group of many European countries that work together on trade, travel, laws and money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#m1)

2) (French) «Eu» is a form of the verb «avoir» (to have): «j'ai eu» means «I had»; it sounds like «oo» said with rounded lips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#m2)

3) (Portuguese) «Eu» means «I» in Portuguese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#m3)

4) In names from Greek, such as Prometheus, «eu» is said as two separate sounds, «e-oo». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and citizenship lessons the EU comes up in talk about countries, borders, trade and the euro (the money many EU countries share). Pupils learn that the UK left the EU, while Ireland is still a member, and that Ukraine has asked to join. In French lessons «eu» appears in the past tense: «j'ai eu peur» (I was scared).

### examples

- France, Germany and Ireland are in the EU. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x1)
- Many EU countries use the euro. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x2)
- The UK left the EU after a vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x3)
- Ukraine has applied to join the EU. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x4)
- In French, «j'ai eu un chien» means «I had a dog». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x5)
- In Portuguese, «eu» means «I». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x6)
- The EU flag is blue with a circle of yellow stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x7)
- [53] Most of the words ending in eus may also be pronounced thus: AE'-ge-us, [=a]'-tre-us, pro-me'-the-us, etc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/#x8)

### note

As a word it is French or Portuguese, not English. «EU» in capitals is an abbreviation; say the letters «ee-you». Trap: the EU is not the same as Europe — some European countries (like Norway, Switzerland and the UK) are not in the EU. The euro is the money; the EU is the group.

### In the corpora

- [J'ai eu dix ans hier ! means "I turned ten yesterday!"; learn it as a set birthday phrase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/11-dates-and-birthdays/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eu» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eu/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.