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, contraction 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

External links

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

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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

From Latin magis.

Alternative forms

• mais

Conjunction

mes

1. but

Etymology 2

From Latin meī, meae, mea.

Determiner

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