mees

See also: Mees and meés

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mees.

Noun

mees (plural mese)

1. tit, chickadee

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mese, from Old Dutch *mēsa, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“chickadee, titmouse”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːs

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Noun

mees f (plural mezen, diminutive meesje n)

1. tit (bird)

Related terms

• mezenkooi

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Estonian

Mees

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Finnish mies.

Noun

mees (genitive mehe, partitive meest)

1. man (adult male human being)

Declension

Declension of mees

	singular (ainsus)	plural (mitmus)
nominative (nimetav)	mees	mehed
genitive (omastav)	mehe	meeste
partitive (osastav)	meest	mehi
illative (sisseütlev)	mehesse	meestesse
inessive (seesütlev)	mehes	meestes
elative (seestütlev)	mehest	meestest
allative (alaleütlev)	mehele	meestele
adessive (alalütlev)	mehel	meestel
ablative (alaltütlev)	mehelt	meestelt
translative (saav)	meheks	meesteks
terminative (rajav)	meheni	meesteni
essive (olev)	mehena	meestena
abessive (ilmaütlev)	meheta	meesteta
comitative (kaasaütlev)	mehega	meestega

Derived terms

• jahimees
• meessoost
• meessugu

Related terms

• meesterahvas
• mehine

See also

• maskuliinne
• maskuliinsus

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Latin

Verb

meēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of meō

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Spanish

Verb

mees

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of mear.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of mear.