meser

See also: mə̀sər

Old Occitan

Etymology

Cognate to French monsieur.

Noun

meser m (oblique plural mesers, nominative singular mesers, nominative plural meser)

1. mister, sir (a title or form of address for a man)

Descendants

• → Italian: missere, messere, messer, ser
• → Sicilian: misseri
  • → Maltese: missier (“father”)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• measer

Etymology

Inherited from Latin miser, miserum. Appeared most often in the 16th–18th centuries. Compare also the literary doublet mizer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈser/, /ˈme.ser/

Adjective

meser m or n (feminine singular meseră, masculine plural meseri, feminine and neuter plural mesere)

1. (obsolete) poor, wretched, unfortunate, impoverished, destitute

   Synonyms: sărac, nenorocit, sărman

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	meser		meseră		meseri	mesere
	definite	meserul		mesera		meserii	meserele
genitive- dative	indefinite	meser		mesere		meseri	mesere
	definite	meserului		meserei		meserilor	meserelor

Derived terms

• meseri
• meserie

Related terms

• meserere
• mișel
• mizer
• mizerie