med
/mêːd/Latin, masculine
Honey in Croatian is med.
med refers to the sweet substance produced by bees.
Meaning: sweet substance produced by bees (noun)
Is it said differently in some regions?
In certain regions of Croatia, ljubavi is used as an affectionate term similar to the English "my love".
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun med is masculine. The genitive form is meda, which is used after words indicating possession or quantity, such as in the phrase vrsta meda (a type of honey). The locative form is medu, used in prepositional phrases like u medu (in honey).
How do you pronounce it?
/mêːd/
Did you know?
- The word for honey is closely related to the English word 'methane', as both trace back to the same Indo-European root for sweet substances.
- In Croatian, the word med is a homonym for a variant of među, which means 'between' or 'among'.
- Croatian has a specific term medoviti to describe something that tastes like honey or has a honey-like aroma.
Examples in context
- Šećer je zamijenio med kao zaslađivač.Sugar replaced honey as a sweetener.This sentence shows how to use med as a sweetener.Tatoeba #2763030 by kkupus, translation #21001 by lilygilder
- teče med i mleko iz ustaMilk and honey floats from his mouthThis sentence uses med to describe a flowing substance.
- Jedu li medvjedi med?Do bears eat honey?This sentence uses med in a question about what bears eat.Tatoeba #13785152 by mervert1, translation #13785069 by mervert1
- Dragi, volim te medo moj!Honey, I love you, my teddy bear!
- Hvala ti, dušo moja, što si uvijek uz mene.Thank you, my love, for always being there for me.
- Dobro jutro, ljubavi!Good morning, my love!
- Dođi ovdje, srce moje!Come here, my heart!
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Ivana and Marko are in the kitchen during breakfast.
- IvanaMarko, imaš li još meda?Marko, do you have any more honey?
- MarkoImam malo meda u hladnjaku.I have a little honey in the fridge.
- IvanaSuper, treba mi za ovaj jogurt.Great, I need it for this yogurt.
- MarkoEvo ti med, Ivana.Here is the honey, Ivana.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “honey” translations and entries med, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries med, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR, Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
