mes

See also: més, mēs, mês, mêş, and měś

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mes.

Noun

mes (plural messe)

1. knife

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• midis

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meTi, *meTśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *me-t/dhi 'with, middle', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo-. Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌸 (miþ, “with”). It might represent a devoiced variant of mez. A loan from Modern Greek μέσος (mésos, “in the middle”) is not excluded.

Noun

mes m

1. middle

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mes

1. month

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mensis (“month”). Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.

Noun

mes m (plural mesos)

1. month

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendari gregorià; gener, febrer, març, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, octubre, novembre, desembre ^{(Category: ca:Months)}

Verb

mes

1. Past participle of metre.

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch mets, mes, apocope of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-Germanic *matisahsą (“food knife”), an early compound of Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”) + *sahsą (“knife”). Compare Old High German mezzisahs for more information.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

1. knife, cleaver

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mes
• Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /me/

Determiner

mes pl (masculine mon, feminine ma)

1. plural form of mon (possessive) My.

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	—
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon	ma	mes
		Second person	ton	ta	tes
		Third person	son	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre		vos
		Third person	leur		leurs

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Galician

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

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Latvian

Pronoun

mes (personal, 1st person plural)

1. (dialectal, archaic) we; alternative form of mēs

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Old Church Slavonic мꙑ (my) and Old Armenian մեք (mekʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mæːs]

Pronoun

mẽs

1. (first-person plural) we

Declension

declension of mes

	singular		dual		plural
nominative	àš		mùdu m, mùdvi f		mẽs
genitive	manę̃s		mùdviejų		mū́sų
dative	mán		mùdviem		mùms
accusative	manè		mùdu m, mùdvi f		mùs
instrumental	manimì, manim̃		mùdviem		mumìs
locative	manyjè, manỹ		mùdviese		mumysè

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Lojban

Rafsi

mes

1. rafsi of mensi.

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin mensis (“month”). Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch main, Spanish mes.

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

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Old French

Etymology 1

Latin magis.

Alternative forms

• mais

Conjunction

mes

1. but

Etymology 2

Latin meī, meae, mea.

Pronoun

mes m pl, f pl

1. my (first-person singular possessive)

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Old Prussian

Pronoun

mes

1. we, the first person plural pronoun

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali মেস (mēs).

Noun

mes

1. table

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Romansch

Adjective

mes m (feminine mia)

1. (possessive) my

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mensis (“month”). Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mes/
  • IPA^(key): [me̞s]
  • (Murcia, Eastern Andalusia) IPA^(key): [mɛː]

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

   Mi mes favorito es enero.

   My favourite month is January.

Related terms

• mensual
• mensualidad
• semestre
• sietemesino
• trimestre

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendario gregoriano; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre ^{(Category: es:Months)}

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Swedish

Noun

mes c

1. a group of small birds (latin name Parus)
2. the metal frame of a backpack
3. (colloquial, derogatory) a coward

Declension

Declension of mes

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mes	mesen	mesar	mesarna
genitive	mes	mesens	mesars	mesarnas

Related terms

• blåmes