Inherited fromLatinmagis.

• IPA^(key):/ˈmes/
• Rhymes:-es
• Syllabification:més

més

1. more(used to form comparatives)

   Antonym:menos

   més que un club ―more than a club

2. (with a definite article) (the)most(used to form superlatives)

   Antonym:menos

   Lamés bonica ―Themost beautiful one

Inherited fromLatinmagis.

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈmes]

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• Homophone:mes
• Rhymes:-es

més

1. more(used to form comparatives)

   Antonym:menys

   més que un club ―more than a club

2. (with a definite article) (the)most(used to form superlatives)

   Antonym:menys

• “més” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “més”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “més” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “més” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited fromLatinmagis.Doublet ofmas(“but”).

més(ORB, broad)

1. more

   Synonym:ples

   Antonym:muens

• plus in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• més in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

FromOld Galician-Portuguesemesse (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinmessis, messem. Cognate withPortuguesemesse andSpanishmies.^[1]

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɛs/

més m (pluralméses)

1. abreadmakingcereal, most notablywheat orrye
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.),General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 271:

     cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi o máále áámesse que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor

     as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as the flail does to thecereal, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part

2. greenrye used asfodder

   Synonyms:alcacén,ferraña

3. acerealfield ready for harvest

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “messe”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “messe”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “més”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “més”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “més”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

FromLatinmēnsis.

més m (pluralmeses)

1. month