mese
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mese, mes, mees (“dinner, dish”), from Old English mēse, mēose, mīse, mȳse (“table; that which is set on a table; dish; food, meal”), a vernacular loan from Latin/Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”). Cognate with Scots mes, mese (“a serving of food”), Old High German mias, meas (German Mus, Gemüse), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍃 (mēs). Compare Old English mēsan (“to eat, dine”), from Proto-Germanic *mōsijaną, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą, an ablaut variant of the root Proto-Germanic mat- (“food”).
Alternative forms
- mease
Noun
mese (plural meses)
- (obsolete) A dinner; meal.
References
- "mése" in: Bosworth, J., & Toller, T. Northcote. (1898). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Etymology 2
From Middle English mesen, of North Germanic origin. More at meek.
Verb
mese (third-person singular simple present meses, present participle mesing, simple past and past participle mesed)
- To moderate; subdue; abate; mollify.
Anagrams
- Esme, Esmé, emes, seem, seme, semé, smee
Corsican
Noun
mese m (plural mesi)
- month
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of English messenger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmese/, [ˈme̞s̠e̞]
- Rhymes: -ese
- Syllabification(key): me‧se
Noun
mese
- (colloquial, dated) MSN Messenger
Declension
| Inflection of mese (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mese | meset | |
| genitive | mesen | mesejen | |
| partitive | meseä | mesejä | |
| illative | meseen | meseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mese | meset | |
| accusative | nom. | mese | meset |
| gen. | mesen | ||
| genitive | mesen | mesejen meseinrare | |
| partitive | meseä | mesejä | |
| inessive | mesessä | meseissä | |
| elative | mesestä | meseistä | |
| illative | meseen | meseihin | |
| adessive | mesellä | meseillä | |
| ablative | meseltä | meseiltä | |
| allative | meselle | meseille | |
| essive | mesenä | meseinä | |
| translative | meseksi | meseiksi | |
| instructive | — | mesein | |
| abessive | mesettä | meseittä | |
| comitative | — | meseineen | |
| Possessive forms of mese (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | meseni | mesemme |
| 2nd person | mesesi | mesenne |
| 3rd person | mesensä | |
Derived terms
- mesettää
Anagrams
- Seem
Garo
Etymology
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Noun
mese
- mouse
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ, *maćɜ (“tale; to tell (tale, story)”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃɛ]
- Hyphenation: me‧se
- Rhymes: -ʃɛ
Noun
mese (plural mesék)
- fairy tale, tale, fable
- Synonyms: tündérmese, népmese, fabula, elbeszélés, történet, sztori
- (derogatory) fabrication, tall story, lie, yarn
- Synonyms: hazugság, kitaláció, nagyotmondás, koholmány
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mese | mesék |
| accusative | mesét | meséket |
| dative | mesének | meséknek |
| instrumental | mesével | mesékkel |
| causal-final | meséért | mesékért |
| translative | mesévé | mesékké |
| terminative | meséig | mesékig |
| essive-formal | meseként | mesékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mesében | mesékben |
| superessive | mesén | meséken |
| adessive | mesénél | meséknél |
| illative | mesébe | mesékbe |
| sublative | mesére | mesékre |
| allative | meséhez | mesékhez |
| elative | meséből | mesékből |
| delative | meséről | mesékről |
| ablative | mesétől | meséktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | meséé | meséké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | mesééi | mesékéi |
| Possessive forms of mese | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mesém | meséim |
| 2nd person sing. | meséd | meséid |
| 3rd person sing. | meséje | meséi |
| 1st person plural | mesénk | meséink |
| 2nd person plural | mesétek | meséitek |
| 3rd person plural | meséjük | meséik |
Derived terms
- mesebeli
- mesél
- mesés
- mesebeszéd
- mesekönyv
- meseország
- meseszép
- népmese
- tündérmese
- esti mese
- mese habbal
- nincs mese
References
- Entry #1800 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- mese in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- mese in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mēnsem (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.ze/, (traditional) /ˈme.se/[1]
un mese (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
- Hyphenation: mé‧se
Noun
mese m (plural mesi)
- month
Derived terms
- mensile
- mensilmente
- mensilità
See also
- Category:it:Months
- settimana
- anno
References
- mese in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- seme
Latin
Noun
mesē
- ablative/vocative singular of mesēs
References
- “mese”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mese”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Old French
Noun
mese f (oblique plural meses, nominative singular mese, nominative plural meses)
- Alternative form of messe
Pohnpeian
Noun
mese
- face, facade
- upper part of a yam, taro, pineapple, etc.
- the edge of a reef
Romanian
Noun
mese f pl
- plural of masă
Spanish
Verb
mese
- inflection of mesar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative