mes

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mes"

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 *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 m (plural mesh)

1. month

Synonyms

• lunã

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan mes, from Latin mensis (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes, Aromanian 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

Etymology 2

Verb

mes

1. past participle of metre

Etymology 3

Determiner

mes

1. feminine plural of mon

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-Germanic *matisahsą (“food knife”), an early compound of Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”) + *sahsą (“knife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs/

• Audio

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Noun

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

1. knife, cleaver
2. (informal) blade

Descendants

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

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French

Etymology

From Old French mes, from Latin meōs, meī and meās, meae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/

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Determiner

mes pl (masculine mon, feminine ma)

1. plural of mon plural of ma (possessive), my

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon1	ma	mes
		Second person	ton1	ta	tes
		Third person	son1	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre2		vos2
		Third person	leur		leurs

¹ Also used before the feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute h.

² Also used for the singular polite form.

Further reading

• “mes” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mes, from Latin mensis.

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

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Gothic

Romanization

mes

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍃

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Kalasha

Noun

mes

1. table

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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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mes; compare Latvian mẽs, Old Prussian mes, Old Church Slavonic мꙑ (my); akin to Old Armenian մեք (mekʿ). This form in m replaced Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”), probably after the 1st person plural verbal suffix -me. At the East-Baltic stage, the oblique forms were rebuilt by analogy with jūs. Compare the Old Prussian oblique forms nūsan, nūmans, and Old Church Slavonic насъ, намъ (nasŭ, namŭ), from *n̥s-, nos-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲæːs/

Pronoun

mẽs

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

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

See also

Lithuanian personal pronouns

	singular (vienaskaita)					dual (dviskaita)							plural (daugiskaita)					reflexive (sangrąžiniai)
	1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)			1st person		2nd person		3rd person			1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	f		m	f	m	f	m	f				m	f
nominative (vardininkas)	àš	tù	jìs, jisaĩ	jì, jinaĩ		mùdu	mùdvi	jùdu	jùdvi	juõdu, jiẽdu	jiẽdvi		mẽs	jū̃s	jiẽ	jõs		-
genitive (kilmininkas)	manę̃s	tavę̃s	jõ	jõs		mùdviejų		jùdviejų		jų̃dviejų			mū́sų	jū́sų	jų̃			savę̃s
dative (naudininkas)	mán	táu	jám	jái		mùdviem		jùdviem		jõdviem			mùms	jùms	jíems	jóms		sáu
accusative (galininkas)	manè	tavè	jį̃	ją̃		mùdu	mùdvi	jùdu	jùdvi	juõdu	jiẽdvi		mùs	jùs	juõs	jàs		savè
instrumental (įnagininkas)	manimì, manim̃	tavimì, tavim̃	juõ	jà		mùdviem		jùdviem		jõdviem			mumìs	jumìs	jaĩs	jomìs		savimì, savim̃
locative (vietininkas)	manyjè, manỹ	tavyjè, tavỹ	jamè	jojè		mùdviese		jùdviese		jiẽdviese			mumysè	jumysè	juosè	josè		savyjè, savỹ
possessive (savybiniai)	màno	tàvo	jõ	jõs		mùdviejų		jùdviejų		jų̃dviejų			mū́sų	jū́sų	jų̃			sàvo

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mes, from 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

From Latin magis.

Alternative forms

• mais

Conjunction

mes

1. but

Descendants

• French: mais

Etymology 2

From Latin meōs, meī and meās, meae.

Determiner

mes m pl, f pl

1. my (first-person plural possessive)

Descendants

• French: mes

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mensis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French mois.

Noun

mes m (oblique plural mes, nominative singular mes, nominative plural mes)

1. month

Descendants

• Catalan: mes
• Occitan: mes

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “mensis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 61, page 713

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Old Prussian

Pronoun

mes

1. we, the first person plural pronoun

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Portuguese

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. Obsolete spelling of mês

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali মেস (mēs), ultimately from Persian.

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, 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

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Swedish

Noun

mes c

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

Declension

Declension of mes
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mes	mesen	mesar	mesarna
Genitive	mes	mesens	mesars	mesarnas

Related terms

• blåmes
• stjärtmes