meso

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meso"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Hellenic *métsos

Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)bor.

English meso

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪːsoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

meso (not comparable)

1. (sociology) In between the "macro" and "micro" levels of sociological structures.
2. (chemistry, dated, proscribed) Of a tactic diad, having structural units in identical orientation.

Usage notes

"Meso" is mainly used in the field of urban sociology.

As the adjectives "racemic" and "nonracemic" apply to whole molecules, not structural units, the coordinate term "racemo" was considered misleadingly imprecise, and "racemo" and "meso" were formally proscribed in 2019; modern usage is to write just "m", formerly an abbreviation for "meso".

Antonyms

• racemo

Translations

in opposition

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈme̞.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.zo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈme.zo]

Verb

meso

1. first-person singular present indicative of mesar

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *m-su.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɯ˥.su˩/, [mə˥.su˩]

Verb

meso

1. to lift, raise
2. to awaken

Inflection

Inflection of meso (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	meso	memeso
	Perfect	mesoogo	memesoogo
Present	Simple	mesor	memesor
	Progressive	mesodar mesodagi	memesodar memesodagi
Future/infinitive		mesotsü	memesotsü
Imperative		mesoang	temeso
Present participle		mesoa	memesoi
Conditional		mesora mesorabang	memesora memesorabang

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 59, 202
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 59
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 94, 115, 136

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeso/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: me‧so

Noun

meso (accusative singular meson, plural mesoj, accusative plural mesojn)

1. mass (church service; music played at a church service)

Further reading

• “meso”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “meso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Verb

meso

1. inflection of mesoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• some

Galician

Etymology

From mesa (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmesʊ]

Noun

meso m (plural mesos)

1. (regional) stool

   Synonyms: banqueta, tallo

Related terms

• mesa
• mesado
• mesoiro

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “meso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “meso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.zo/
• Rhymes: -ɛzo
• Hyphenation: mè‧so

Noun

meso m (plural mesi)

1. (anatomy) generic name of formations resulting from the union of two peritoneal folds

   Hyponyms: mesentere, mesenteriolo, mesocolon, mesosigma

Further reading

• “meso”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Mosè, some

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męso, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêːso/
• Hyphenation: me‧so

Noun

mȇso n (Cyrillic spelling ме̑со)

1. meat

Declension

Declension of meso

	singular	plural
nominative	mȇso	mésa
genitive	mȇsa	mésā
dative	mȇsu	mésima
accusative	mȇso	mésa
vocative	mȇso	mésa
locative	mȇsu	mésima
instrumental	mȇsom	mésima

Related terms

• mesnica

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męso, back-formed from *mēnsā́ˀ, the plural of Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛsóː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: me‧so

Noun

mesọ̑ n

1. (usually uncountable) meat (food which comes from muscle)

   Synonyms: mesek, mesce, mesnina

2. (uncountable) flesh

   Synonyms: mišičje, mišičevje, muskulatura

3. (by extension) flesh (edible part of fruits, vegetables and fungi)
4. (literary, rare) human body

   Synonyms: telo, fizis, telesce, telesno, telešček, život

5. (vulgar, uncommon, uncountable) slaves

   Synonyms: suženj, rob, sužnji, sužnjik

   Antonym: svobodnjak

Declension

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , long mixed accent, special accent changes
nom. sing.	mesọ̑
gen. sing.	mesȃ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	mesọ̑	mẹ̑si	mẹ̑sa
genitive rodȋlnik	mesȃ	mẹ̑s	mẹ̑s
dative dajȃlnik	mẹ̑su, mẹ̑si, mēsu, mēsi	mẹ̑soma, mẹ̑sama	mẹ̑som, mẹ̑sam
accusative tožȋlnik	mesọ̑	mẹ̑si	mẹ̑sa
locative mẹ̑stnik	mẹ̑su, mẹ̑si, mēsu, mēsi	mẹ̑sih, mẹ̑sah	mẹ̑sih, mẹ̑sah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	mẹ̑som	mẹ̑soma, mẹ̑sama	mẹ̑si
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	mesọ̑	mẹ̑si	mẹ̑sa

Derived terms

• belo meso
• beseda postane meso
• dati meso in kosti
• divje meso
• duh je sicer voljan, ali meso je slabo
• imeti rad mlado meso
• kazati meso
• mesár
• mesaríca
• mesáriti
• mesẹ̑n
• mésən
• mesníca
• meso in kri
• mesojẹ́dəc
• preiti v meso in kri
• razmesáriti
• rdeče meso
• vsak človek je iz mesa

Further reading

• “meso”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “meso”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeso/ [ˈme.so]
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: me‧so

Verb

meso

1. first-person singular present indicative of mesar

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màjícò (“eyes”).

Noun

meso class 6

1. plural of liso (“eye”).