eu

Meaning

past participle of avoir

avoir

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

EU

🇪🇺

had

Translations

avuto

hagut

tingut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/y/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: eu

Inherited from Old French: eu

In summary

From Middle French eu, from Old French eü, from Vulgar Latin *habūtus, replacing Classical Latin habitus.
The spelling, which contradicts the pronunciation, is because Middle French -eu- besides /ø/ also sometimes represented long /yː/. The latter cases were generally replaced with -û- in Early Modern French, e.g. dû, flûte for Middle French deu, fleute. However, in the case of eu and related forms the spelling û was considered awkward and so the Middle French form was preserved.

Sentences

Il a eu une fille , Anna .

He had a daughter, Anna.

Le couple a eu neuf enfants .

The couple had nine children.

Je n’ai pas eu le temps de regarder cela ce soir .

I didn't have time to watch this tonight.

Ils divorcent après avoir eu trois enfants , deux filles et un garçon .

They divorced after having three children, two girls and a boy.

En exil elle s'est mariée une deuxième fois et a eu deux enfants .

In exile she married a second time and had two children.

Il a eu deux enfants avec l'historienne Catherine Darbo-Peschanski.

He had two children with the historian Catherine Darbo-Peschanski.