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 . Cognate with Finnish mies.

Noun

mees (genitive mehe, partitive meest)

1. man (adult male human being)

Declension

Declension of mees (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		mees	mehed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mehe
genitive			meeste
partitive		meest	mehi
illative		mehesse	meestesse mehisse
inessive		mehes	meestes mehis
elative		mehest	meestest mehist
allative		mehele	meestele mehile
adessive		mehel	meestel mehil
ablative		mehelt	meestelt mehilt
translative		meheks	meesteks mehiks
terminative		meheni	meesteni
essive		mehena	meestena
abessive		meheta	meesteta
comitative		mehega	meestega

Derived terms

• jahimees
• meessoost
• meessugu

Related terms

• meesterahvas
• mehine

See also

• maskuliinne
• maskuliinsus

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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.