mois
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French moys, from Old French mois, from earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.
Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Occitan mes, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mois m (plural mois)
- month [from c. 1100]
- (euphemistic, archaic) period, menstruation [1535—early 20th c.]
- Synonym: règles
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Further reading[edit]
- “mois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- meis (early Old French or northern dialects)
Etymology[edit]
From earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.
Noun[edit]
mois oblique singular, m (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)
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