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”).
mese (plural meses)
From Middle English mesen, of North Germanic origin. More at meek.
mese (third-person singular simple present meses, present participle mesing, simple past and past participle mesed)
mese m (plural mesi)
Clipping of English messenger.
mese (colloquial, dated)
Inflection of mese (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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 mesein rare | |
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 | |
abessive | mesettä | meseittä | |
instructive | — | mesein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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mese
From Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ, *maćɜ (“tale; to tell (tale, story)”).[1][2]
mese (plural mesék)
singular | plural | |
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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 |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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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 |
From Latin mēnsem (“month”). Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.
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mese m (plural mesi)
mesē
From Old English mēos (“moss”). Related to mos, from Old English mos.
mese
mēse f
mese oblique singular, f (oblique plural meses, nominative singular mese, nominative plural meses)
mese
mese f pl
mese