mies

Catalan

Pronoun

mies

1. (archaic, poetic, Northern, Alghero) feminine plural of meu

Usage notes

Outside of poetry, certain dialects and sayings, proverbs and set phrases, this form is archaic and is normally supplanted by meves and meues.

Further reading

• “mies” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mies”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mies” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mies” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Yiddish מיאוס (mies).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mies (not comparable)

1. (Amsterdam) mean (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. (Amsterdam) unwell
3. (Amsterdam) scared

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “mies”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognates include Estonian mees, Livonian mīez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯s/,

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ies
• Syllabification^(key): mies

Noun

mies

1. man (adult male human being)
2. husband (married man)

Declension

Synonyms

• (man): heppu, jätkä, kaveri, kundi, mieshenkilö, miesoletettu, setä, tyyppi, ukko
• (husband): aviomies, ukko

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "man"): nainen
• (antonym(s) of "husband"): vaimo
• (antonym(s) of "married"): poikamies, naimaton

Derived terms

See also

• nainen
• tyttö
• poika

Further reading

• “mies”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• esim., mesi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

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Noun

mies f

1. plural of mie

Galician

Verb

mies

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present subjunctive of miar

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish מיאוס (mies, “ugly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːs/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Adjective

mies (strong nominative masculine singular mieser, comparative mieser, superlative am miesesten)

1. (usually somewhat jocular) mean, wretched

   Synonyms: fies, gemein

   ein mieser Kater ― a horrible hangover

   ein mieser Kerl ― a mean guy

2. appalling, poor

   Synonyms: fies, schlecht

   miese Qualität ― poor quality

   mieses Wetter ― bad weather

Declension

Further reading

• “mies” in Duden online
• “mies” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognates include Finnish mies and Estonian mees.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯s/
• Hyphenation: mies

Noun

mies (genitive miehen, partitive miesty)

1. man
2. human
3. husband

References

• N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 165

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin meās.

Adjective

mies

1. feminine plural of meu

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• myes

Etymology

From Latin messem, singular accusative of messis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjes/

Noun

mies f (plural miesses)

1. a harvest of grain
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 61v. col. 1.

     Todos / los iudios q̃ eran foydos por / todas tierras uinierõ agodolias / e eſtidierõ en la tra e cogierõ / ſus mieſſes eſus. Vendimias

     All the Jews that had been made to flee across the land came to Gedaliah and settled the land and harvested their grains and grapes for wine.

Descendants

• Spanish: mies

Portuguese

Verb

mies

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of miar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjes/
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: mies

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish mies, from Latin messem (“harvest”).

Noun

mies f (plural mieses)

1. cereal seed (for making bread)
2. seed, grain harvest time
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     En torno al pueblo (pues estamos cerca y podemos verlo), lozanas mieses y praderas muy lindas anuncian cierto esmero agrícola.

     Around the town (because we are close and we can see it), lush crops and very beautiful meadows tell about a certain agricultural thoroughness.

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Area of cropfields

     atravesó una mies, donde los frescos plantones de maíz sostenían en sus primeros pasos a las tiernas alubias, viendo correr por entre sus pies a las holgazanas y rastreras calabazas.

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mies

1. (nonstandard) second-person singular present subjunctive of mear (standard form is mees)

Further reading

• “mies”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014