mes
plural ofme If I travelled back in time to witness my own birth, would there be twomes ?
FromDutch mes Middle Dutch mets mes *metses Old Dutch *metisas *metsas Proto-West Germanic *matisahs ( “ food knife ” ) .
mes (plural messe
knife FromProto-Albanian *meTi *meTśi- Proto-Indo-European *me-t/dhi ( “ with, middle ” ) , ultimately from*medʰyo- Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌸 ( miþ “ with ” ) . It might represent a devoiced variant ofmez Greek μέσος ( mésos ,“ in the middle ” ) is not excluded.
mes m plural mese definite mesi definite plural meset
middle FromLatin mensis
mes m plural meses
month FromLatin mensis
mes m plural mesh
month FromLatin mensis
mes m plural meses
month Cognate withGaro mes Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
mes
sheep Inherited fromOld Catalan mes Latin mēnsem ( “ month ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ( “ moon, month ” ) . CompareOccitan mes French mois Spanish mes
mes m plural mesos
month Inherited fromOld Catalan mas mays Latin magis
mes
but Inherited fromLatin missus mittere
mes (feminine mesa masculine plural mesos feminine plural meses
past participle ofmetre Inherited fromVulgar Latin mās , reduced form ofLatin meās
mes
feminine plural ofmon FromProto-Celtic *magestus *magos
mes m plural mesyow
openfield opencountry mes
out FromProto-Celtic *messus ( “ acorn ” ) . Cognate withWelsh mes ( “ acorns ” ) ,Breton mez ( “ acorns ” ) .
mes m singulative mesen
( collective ) acorns mes
but FromMiddle Dutch mets mes *metses Old Dutch *metisas *metsas Proto-West Germanic *matisahs ( “ food knife ” ) .
mes n plural messen diminutive mesje n
knife ,cleaver ( informal ) blade Afrikaans:mes Berbice Creole Dutch:mesi Jersey Dutch:määs Negerhollands:mes Skepi Creole Dutch:masa → Indonesian:mes ( “ medical knife ” ) → Japanese:メス ( mesu ,“ medical knife ” ) → Korean:메스 ( meseu ,“ medical knife ” ) → Loup A:meschu ( from the diminutive form ) → Malagasy:méso mésa mes
feminine plural ofmon Alternative form ofmos ,masculine plural ofmon FromOld French mes Latin meōs meī meās meae
IPA (key ) : /mɛ/ ,( in liaison ) /mɛ.z‿/ IPA (key ) : /me/ ,( in liaison ) /me.z‿/ mes pl
my (when referring to a plural noun )Mes clés sont dans ma poche.My keys are in my pocket.1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or
mute h .
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms
man ,tan ,san . These are extremely rare.
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese mes Latin mensis Portuguese mês Spanish mes
mes m plural meses
month Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “mes ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “mes ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “mes ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “mes ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN mes
lamb mes
Romanization of𐌼𐌴𐍃 IPA (key ) : [ˈmɛs] Hyphenation:mès FromDutch mess ( “ mess ” ) , fromEnglish mess Middle English mes Old English mēse mēose ( “ table ” ) ; and partly fromOld French mes Late Latin missum mittō ( “ to put, place (e.g. on the table) ” ) .Doublet ofmisa
mès (plural mes -mes
mess (hall )FromEnglish mesh Middle English mesche Old English masc ( “ net ” ) (perhaps influenced in form by relatedOld English mæscre ( “ mesh, spot ” ) ) both fromProto-Germanic *maskrǭ *maskwǭ Proto-Indo-European *mezg- ( “ to knit, twist, plait ” ) .
mès (plural mes -mes
( engineering ) mesh :a structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them the opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space FromDutch mest ( “ manure ” ) , fromMiddle Dutch mest Old Dutch *mist Proto-Germanic *mihstuz Semantic loan fromDutch kunstmest ( “ artificial fertilizer ” ) .
mès (plural mes -mes
( colloquial ) artificial fertilizer FromDutch mes ( “ blade ” ) , fromMiddle Dutch mets mes *metses Old Dutch *metisas *metsas Proto-West Germanic *matisahs ( “ food knife ” ) . Cognate ofJapanese メス ( mesu ,“ medical knife ” ) andKorean 메스 ( meseu ,“ medical knife ” ) .
mès (plural mes -mes
( surgery , colloquial ) scalpel ,blade ,medical knife Synonyms: bisturi pisau bedah pisau operasi skalpel Kemudian tampak fasia, diinsisi dengan memberikanmes no 22 dan dijepit dengan memberikan pinset cirurgis. ―Fascia appeared, incised with 22blade and clamped with surgical forceps. Berikanmes no 15 dan pinset chirurgi pada operator untuk insisi kulit sampai fasia. ―Give theblade 15 and surgical forceps to the operator for skin incision to the fascia. mes
table mes m Hebrew spelling מיס
month FromProto-Balto-Slavic *mes Latvian mēs Lithuanian mes
IPA (key ) : [ˈmʲæs] Hyphenation:mes mes
we Nicole Nau (2011 )A short grammar of Latgalian , München: LINCOM GmbH,→ISBN 35 mes (personal, 1st person plural)
( dialectal , archaic ) we ;alternative form ofmēs FromProto-Balto-Slavic *mes Latvian mēs Old Prussian mes Proto-Slavic *my Old Armenian մեք ( mekʻ ) . This form inm replacedProto-Indo-European *wéy ( “ we ” ) , probably after the 1st person plural verbal suffix-me oblique forms were rebuilt by analogy withjūs Old Prussian nūsan, nūmans Old Church Slavonic насъ, намъ ( nasŭ, namŭ ) , from*n̥s-, nos-
mẽs
we ( first-person plural pronoun ) Lithuanian personal pronouns
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mès
third-person future indicative ofmèsti FromLatin mensis ( “ month ” ) . CompareFrench mois Italian mese Portuguese mês Romansch main Spanish mes
mes m ( Milanese )
month mes FromLatin mensis
mes
month FromOld Occitan mes Latin mensis ( “ month ” ) . CompareFrench mois Italian mese Portuguese mês Romansch main Spanish mes
mes m plural meses
month mes
past participle ofmetre Uncertain. Perhaps derived fromProto-West Germanic *mihsu *mihs ( “ dung, excrement; urine ” ) , reanalysed as a singular noun. CompareOld Frisian mēse ( “ urine ” ) .
mes f
dung ( in theplural ) fertiliser ,manure Strongō -stem:
FromLatin magis
mes
but FromLatin meōs meī meās meae
mes m pl or f pl
my ( first-person plural possessive ) Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] Inherited fromLatin mēnsis
mes m plural meses
month a. 1284 Alfonso X of Castile ,Cantigas de Santa Maria cantiga 5 ([ facsimile] ), lines135–140 :Muitos gafos sãou a Emperadriz en aquelemes ;meses entrou na cidade de Roma, u ér' o cortês (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) Manuel Ferreiro (2014 –2025 ) “mes ”, inUniverso Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña:University of A Coruña ,→ISSN mes m
Alternative spelling ofmess Mutation ofmes radical lenition nasalization mes also mmes after a proclitic mes pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ unchanged
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
FromLatin mensis Gallo-Romance cognate withOld French mois
mes m oblique plural mes nominative singular mes nominative plural mes
month FromProto-Indo-European *wéy Latvian mēs Lithuanian mẽs Proto-Slavic *my Old Armenian մեք ( mekʻ ) .
mes
we , the first person plural pronounSeeas mes .
Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997 ) “mes”, inPrūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian [1] W. R. Schmalstieg (1971) “New Look at the Old Prussian Pronoun”, inBaltistica VII(2) , Vilnius: Vilniau Universitetas requests for verification (+ ) If it cannot be verified that this term meets ourattestation criteria , it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove{{rfv }} until the request has been resolved.
mes m plural meses
Obsolete spelling ofmês FromPersian [Term?] .
mes (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴠𐴏𐴢
table mes m feminine mia
( possessive ) my Inherited fromLatin mēnsis ( “ month ” ) . CompareCatalan mes Italian mese Portuguese mês Romansch mais
mes m plural meses
month Mimes favorito es enero. My favouritemonth is January. mes
Romanization of𒈩 ( mes ) FromMiddle Low German mêse meise Old Saxon mēsa Proto-West Germanic *maisā Proto-Germanic *maisǭ Norwegian Bokmål meis meise Norwegian Nynorsk meis meise
mes c
atit ( genusParus ) , a smallbird FromOld Swedish mes mese Icelandic meita ( “ cut, chop ” ) . Cognate toNorwegian Bokmål meis Norwegian Nynorsk meis
mes c
the metal frame of abackpack (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) Cognate toNorwegian meis Dutch miezel
mes c
( colloquial , derogatory ) wimp , awuss , acoward mes in Svensk ordbok “mes ”, inSvenska Akademiens ordbok[ Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] [2] 1937 Inherited fromProto-Celtic *messus ( “ acorn ” ) . Cognate withBreton mez ( “ acorns ” ) ,Irish meas ( “ fruit ” ) .
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mes f collective singulative mesen
acorns Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mesen ”, inGweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary , Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mes ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies Borrowed fromSpanish mesa Latin mēnsa
mes
table Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000 )Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”;38 )[3] Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. , page255 
