meses

See also: mesés

English

Noun

meses

1. plural of mese

Asturian

Noun

meses

1. plural of mes
2. plural of mesa

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈme.zəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.zes]

Noun

meses

1. plural of mesa (“altar; board (of a company); game (of billiards)”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.zəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.zəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.zes]

Participle

meses f pl

1. feminine plural of mes

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.zəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.zəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.zes]

Verb

meses

1. second-person singular present indicative of mesar

Indonesian

In Indonesia, sprinkles—meses—are commonly used as a bread topping.

Etymology

From Dutch muisjes (“a type of sprinkles”, literally “mice”), muis (“mouse”), from Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.səs]
• Hyphenation: mè‧sês

Noun

mèsês (first-person possessive mesesku, second-person possessive mesesmu, third-person possessive mesesnya)

1. (cooking) sprinkles, small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.

Usage notes

Indonesian meses has more similarity to Dutch hagelslag than to Dutch muisjes.

Further reading

• “meses” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέσης (mésēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.seːs/, [ˈmɛs̠eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ses/, [ˈmɛːs̬es]

Noun

mesēs m (genitive mesae); first declension

1. north-east wind

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	mesēs	mesae
genitive	mesae	mesārum
dative	mesae	mesīs
accusative	mesēn	mesās
ablative	mesē	mesīs
vocative	mesē	mesae

References

• “meses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Noun

meses

1. plural of mes

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.zis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.zis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ziʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.zes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.zɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: me‧ses

Noun

meses

1. plural of mês

Spanish

Noun

meses m pl

1. plural of mes

Verb

meses

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of mesar