Mensa

See also: mensa and mēnsa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnsə/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsə

Etymology 1

From Latin mensa (“table”). The organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant.

Proper noun

Mensa

1. Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.

Derived terms

• Mensan

See also

• Mensa International on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mensa's website

Etymology 2

From Mons Mensae (mensa (“table”)), from Montagne de la Table. Originally named Montagne de la Table after Table Mountain in South Africa in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. By 1763 this had been Latinised as Mons Mensae. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union shortened this to Mensa.

Proper noun

Mensa

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.

Derived terms

• Mensae

Translations

constellation

• Danish: Taffelbjerget
• Finnish: Pöytä
• French: Table (fr) f
• Galician: Mesa (gl)
• German: Tafelberg (de) m
• Irish: an Tábla m
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• Malay: Gunung Datar
• Norwegian: Bordet (no)
• Polish: Stół m
• Russian: Столо́вая Гора́ f (Stolóvaja Gorá)
• Spanish: Mensa

Anagrams

• Means, Seman, amens, manes, manse, means, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mensa.

Noun

Mensa f (genitive Mensa, plural Mensen)

1. cafeteria (at a university), student canteen

Further reading

• “Mensa” in Duden online