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Translingual

Symbol

mes

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Masmaje.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Masmaje terms

English

Noun

mes

1. plural of me

   If I travelled back in time to witness my own birth, would there be two mes?

Anagrams

• EMS, EMs, Ems, MSE, SEM, SME, Sem, ems, sem

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /mɛ˧˩/
• (Lianghe) [mɑ⁵⁵]

Verb

mes

1. to want, wish for
2. to be willing

Derived terms

• o mes

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 81

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mes, from Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs/

• Audio:

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Noun

mes (plural messe)

1. knife

Derived terms

• knipmes
• slagmes

Descendants

• → Zulu: umese
  • Fanagalo: mes (or directly)

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 (plural mese, definite mesi, definite plural meset)

1. middle

Declension

Declension of mes

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mes	mesi	mese	meset
accusative		mesin
dative	mesi	mesit	meseve	meseve
ablative			mesesh

Derived terms

• mesditë
• mesnatë

See also

• midis

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mes”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mes m (plural mesh)

1. month

Synonyms

• (month): lunã

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

Related terms

• mensual

Further reading

• “mes”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “mes”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Atong (India)

Etymology

Cognate with Garo mes. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mes

1. sheep

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan mes, from Latin mēnsem (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Compare Occitan mes, French mois, Spanish mes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmes]
• Homophone: més
• Rhymes: -es

Noun

mes m (plural mesos)

1. month

Derived terms

• mesada

Related terms

• mensual

See also

Gregorian calendar months: mesos del calendari gregoriàedit

• gener
• febrer
• març
• abril
• maig
• juny
• juliol
• agost
• setembre
• octubre
• novembre
• desembre

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan mas, mays, from Latin magis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmes]
• Homophone: més
• Rhymes: -es

Adverb

mes

1. but

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin missus, perfect passive participle of mittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈməs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmes]
• Rhymes: -es

Participle

mes (feminine mesa, masculine plural mesos, feminine plural meses)

1. past participle of metre

Etymology 4

Inherited from Vulgar Latin mās, reduced form of Latin meās.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məs/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencia, Alghero) IPA^(key): /mes/ (always unstressed)

Determiner

mes

1. feminine plural of mon

References

• “mes”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mes”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mes” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mes”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mes (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes/, [ˈmes]

Noun

mes

1. month

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish mes, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣes, from Proto-Celtic *mages-tus - from *magos. Cognate with Breton maez and Welsh maes (“field”).

Noun

mes m (plural mesyow)

1. open field, open country

Adverb

mes

1. out, outside

   Synonym: yn-mes

Derived terms

• drivya yn-mes (“drive out”, verb)
• gorra yn-mes (“expel”, verb)
• gwaska yn-mes (“express”, verb)
• helghya yn-mes (“eject”, verb)
• helgya yn-mes (“estrangement”, noun)
• keas mes (“exclude”, verb)
• mes a fog (“out of focus”)
• mes a'n kemmyn (“extraordinary”)
• mes a'n lester (“overboard”)
• mes a'y dermyn (“untimely”)
• mes a'y skians (“out of one's mind”)
• mes an rewl (“exceptional”)
• mesek (“exterior”, adjective)
• mesporth (“exit”)
• mesya (“field”, verb)
• mos mes a wel (“vanish”, verb)
• mos yn-mes (“exit, go out”, verb)
• mos yn-mes gans (“date”, verb)
• tenna mes (“express”, verb)
• tenna yn-mes (“withdraw”, verb)
• termyn yn-mes (“time-out”)
• tewlel yn-mes (“eject, expel, throw out”, verb)
• towlyans yn-mes (“ejection”)
• treghi mes a ven (“sculpt”, verb)
• yn-mes (“out, outside, outwards, outdoors”)
• yn-mes a (“out of”)
• yn-mes a'n gis (“out of fashion”)

Etymology 2

mesen

From Middle Cornish mes, from Proto-Brythonic *mes, from Proto-Celtic *messus (“acorn”). Cognate with Breton mez, Irish and Scottish Gaelic meas (“fruit”), Manx mess (“fruit”), and Welsh mes.

Noun

mes (collective, singulative mesen f)

1. acorns

Derived terms

• byskon mes (“acorn cup”)

Etymology 3

Cognate with Breton met.

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) bes

Conjunction

mes

1. but

Mutation

Mutation of mes

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mes	ves	unchanged	unchanged	fes, ves*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mes
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Homophone: Mesch

Noun

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

1. knife, cleaver
2. (informal) blade

Derived terms

• afbreekmes
• botermes
• broodmes
• hakmes
• kaasmes
• kapmes
• knipmes
• messenslijper
• messentrekker
• oestermes
• paletmes
• schildersmes
• slagersmes
• snoeimes
• springmes
• stanleymes
• steekmes
• vilmes
• vleesmes
• vlindermes
• vouwmes
• werpmes
• zakmes

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mes
  • → Zulu: umese
    • Fanagalo: mes (or directly)
• Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi
• Jersey Dutch: määs
• Negerhollands: mes
• Skepi Creole Dutch: masa
• → Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)
• → Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)
• → Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)
• → Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)
• → Malagasy: méso, mésa

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

mes

1. feminine plural of mon
2. alternative form of mos, masculine plural of mon

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/, (in liaison) /mɛ.z‿/
• IPA^(key): /me/, (in liaison) /me.z‿/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France):

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Determiner

mes pl

1. my (when referring to a plural noun)

   Mes clés sont dans ma poche.

   My keys are in my pocket.

Related terms

French possessive determiners

			possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f
possessor	singular	1st	mon1	ma	mes
		2nd	ton1	ta	tes
		3rd	son1	sa	ses
	plural	1st	notre		nos
		2nd	votre2		vos2
		3rd	leur		leurs

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
² Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: mê

Further reading

• “mes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mes, from Latin mensis. Compare Portuguese mês and Spanish mes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes/ [ˈmes̺]
• Rhymes: -es
• Hyphenation: mes

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mes”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mes”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mes”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mes”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Garo

Noun

mes

1. lamb

Gothic

Romanization

mes

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍃

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs]
• Hyphenation: mès

Etymology 1

From Dutch mess (“mess”), from English mess, from Middle English mes, partly from Old English mēse, mēose (“table”); and partly from Old French mes, Late Latin missum, from mittō (“to put, place (e.g. on the table)”). Doublet of misa.

Noun

mès (plural mes-mes)

1. mess (hall)

Etymology 2

From English mesh, from Middle English mesche, from Old English masc (“net”) (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre (“mesh, spot”)) both from Proto-Germanic *maskrǭ, *maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, twist, plait”).

Noun

mès (plural mes-mes)

1. (engineering) mesh:
   1. a structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them
   2. the opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space

Etymology 3

From Dutch mest (“manure”), from Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Semantic loan from Dutch kunstmest (“artificial fertilizer”).

Noun

mès (plural mes-mes)

1. (colloquial) artificial fertilizer

Etymology 4

From Dutch mes (“blade”), from Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”). Cognate of Japanese メス (mesu, “medical knife”) and Korean 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”).

Noun

mès (plural mes-mes)

1. (surgery, colloquial) scalpel, blade, medical knife

   Synonyms: bisturi, pisau bedah, pisau operasi, skalpel

   Kemudian tampak fasia, diinsisi dengan memberikan mes no 22 dan dijepit dengan memberikan pinset cirurgis. ― Fascia appeared, incised with 22 blade and clamped with surgical forceps.

   Berikan mes no 15 dan pinset chirurgi pada operator untuk insisi kulit sampai fasia. ― Give the blade 15 and surgical forceps to the operator for skin incision to the fascia.

Further reading

• “mes”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kalasha

Noun

mes

1. table

Kaqchikel

Noun

mes

1. cat

Ladino

Alternative forms

• mez

Noun

mes m (Hebrew spelling מיס)

1. month
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development (overall work in English), page 377:

     La ro-sa in-flo-re-se en el mez de mars i mi al-ma se-cu-re-se de-es-tar en es-te mal

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Idelsohn is giving the lyrics to a folk-song

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mes. Cognates include Latvian mēs and Lithuanian mes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲæs]
• Hyphenation: mes

Pronoun

mes

1. we

Declension

Declension of mes

	singular	plural
nominative	es	mes
genitive	mane, mani	myusu
dative	maņ	mums
accusative	mani	myus
locative	manī	myusūs

See also

Latgalian personal pronouns

	first	second	third
			anaphoric		logophoric
			m	f	m	f
singular	es	tu	jis	jei	šys	šei
plural	mes	jius	jī	juos	šī	šuos

References

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Latvian

Pronoun

mes (personal, 1st person plural)

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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲæːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mes; compare Latvian mēs, Old Prussian mes, Proto-Slavic *my; akin to Old Armenian մեք (mekʻ). 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-.

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

			nominative (vardininkas)	genitive (kilmininkas)	dative (naudininkas)	accusative (galininkas)	instrumental (įnagininkas)	locative (vietininkas)		possessive (savybiniai)
singular (vienaskaita)	1st person		àš	manę̃s	mán	manè	manimi̇̀, manim̃	manyjè, manỹ		màno
	2nd person		tù	tavę̃s	táu	tavè	tavimi̇̀, tavim̃	tavyjè, tavỹ		tàvo
	3rd person	m	ji̇̀s, jisai̇̃	jõ	jám	jį̇̃	juõ	jamè		jõ
		f	ji̇̀, jinai̇̃	jõs	jái	ją̃	jà	jojè		jõs
dual (dviskaita)	1st person	m	mùdu	mùdviejų	mùdviem	mùdu	mùdviem	mùdviese		mùdviejų
		f	mùdvi			mùdvi
	2nd person	m	jùdu	jùdviejų	jùdviem	jùdu	jùdviem	jùdviese		jùdviejų
		f	jùdvi			jùdvi
	3rd person	m	juõdu, jiẽdu	jų̃dviejų	jõdviem	juõdu	jõdviem	jiẽdviese		jų̃dviejų
		f	jiẽdvi			jiẽdvi
plural (daugiskaita)	1st person		mẽs	mū́sų	mùms	mùs	mumi̇̀s	mumysè		mū́sų
	2nd person		jū̃s	jū́sų	jùms	jùs	jumi̇̀s	jumysè		jū́sų
	3rd person	m	jiẽ	jų̃	ji̇́ems	juõs	jai̇̃s	juosè		jų̃
		f	jõs		jóms	jàs	jomi̇̀s	josè
reflexive (sangrąžiniai)			—	savę̃s	sáu	savè	savimi̇̀, savim̃	savyjè, savỹ		sàvo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mès

1. third-person future indicative of mèsti

Lombard

Alternative forms

• mis (Bergamasque)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mez/

Noun

mes m (Milanese)

1. month

Further reading

• mes at Lombard Wiktionary

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mes

1. month

Occitan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan mes, from Latin mensis (“month”). Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansh main, Spanish mes.

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

Etymology 2

Verb

mes

1. past participle of metre

Old English

Alternative forms

• mēs

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Proto-West Germanic *mihsu, the nominative/accusative plural of *mihs (“dung, excrement; urine”), reanalysed as a singular noun. Compare Old Frisian mēse (“urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mes/

Noun

mes f

1. dung
2. (in the plural) fertiliser, manure

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mes	mesa, mese
accusative	mese	mesa, mese
genitive	mese	mesa
dative	mese	mesum

See also

• meox
• miċġe
• mīġan

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 or f pl

1. my (first-person plural possessive)

Descendants

• French: mes

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mēnsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Hyphenation: mes

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , cantiga 5 ([ facsimile]), lines 135–140:

     Muitos gafos sãou a Emperadriz en aquele mes;
     mas de grand' algo que porên lle davan ela ren non pres,
     mas andou en muitas romarías, e depois ben a tres
     meses entrou na cidade de Roma, u ér' o cortês
     Emperador, que a chamou e disso-lle: “Ves?
     Guári-m' est' irmão gaf', e dar-ch-ei grand' haver.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Fala: mes
• Galician: mes
• Portuguese: mês

Further reading

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “mes”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Old Irish

Noun

mes m

1. alternative spelling of mess

Mutation

Mutation of mes

radical	lenition	nasalization
mes also mmes in h-prothesis environments	mes pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	mes also mmes

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

• Occitan: mes

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mensis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 713

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéy, with the initial m- appearing due to influence from the first-person verbal suffix and the first-person singular object pronoun. Cognate with Latvian mēs, Lithuanian mẽs, Proto-Slavic *my, Old Armenian մեք (mekʻ).

Pronoun

mes

1. we, the first person plural pronoun

Declension

See as for declension of mes.

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “mes”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[2] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
• W. R. Schmalstieg (1971) “New Look at the Old Prussian Pronoun”, in Baltistica VII(2), Vilnius: Vilniau Universitetas

Portuguese

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. obsolete spelling of mês

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴔𐴠𐴏𐴢 (mes) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Persian [Term?].

Noun

mes (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴠𐴏𐴢)

1. table

Romansh

Adjective

mes m (feminine mia)

1. (possessive) my

Sougb

Noun

mes

1. hole

References

• A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mēnsis (“month”). Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansh mais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes/ [ˈmes]

  • Audio (Peru):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -es
• IPA^(key): (Murcia, Eastern Andalusia) [mɛː]
• Syllabification: mes

Noun

mes m (plural meses)

1. month

   Mi mes favorito es enero.

   My favourite month is January.

Derived terms

• llegar a fin de mes

Related terms

• mensual
• mensualidad
• semestre
• sietemesino
• trimestre

See also

Gregorian calendar months: meses del calendario gregorianoedit

• enero
• febrero
• marzo
• abril
• mayo
• junio
• julio
• agosto
• septiembre
• octubre
• noviembre
• diciembre

Further reading

• “mes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sumerian

Romanization

mes

1. romanization of 𒈩 (mes)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːs/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German mêse, meise, from Old Saxon mēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål meis, meise and Norwegian Nynorsk meis, meise.

Noun

mes c

1. a tit (genus Parus), a small bird

Declension

Declension of mes

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

Derived terms

• blåmes
• ekmes
• gråmes
• mesig (“wimpy”, adjective)
• skiffermes
• skäggmes
• stjärtmes
• tygelmes

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish mes, mese, likely derived from a verb cognate of Icelandic meita (“cut, chop”). Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål meis and Norwegian Nynorsk meis.

Noun

mes c

1. the metal frame of a backpack

Declension

Declension of mes

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

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate to Norwegian meis and Dutch miezel.

Noun

mes c

1. (colloquial, derogatory) a wimp, a wuss (person lacking in courage or bravery)

Declension

Declension of mes

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

See also

• fegis

References

• “mes”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mes”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mes”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mes”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[3] (in Swedish), 1937

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *messus (“acorn”). Cognate with Breton mez (“acorns”), Irish meas (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːs/

Noun

mes (plural, singular mesen f)

1. acorns

Derived terms

• mesa (“to gather acorns”)

Related terms

• derw (“oaks”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mes

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mes	fes	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mesen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Latin mēnsa.

Noun

mes

1. table

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000), Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 255