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 (plural meses-meses)

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