mesa

Etymology

First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: [māʹsə], IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.sə/

Noun

mesa (plural mesas)

1. Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges

   A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado.

   • 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times‎:

     Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].

Anagrams

• ASME, MSAE, Same, eams, mase, meas, same, seam

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈme.sa]
• Hyphenation: me‧sa

Noun

mesa f (plural meses)

1. table

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mesa.

Noun

mesa

1. table

Etymology

From Spanish mesa (“table”).

Noun

mesa

1. table

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mesa, from Vulgar Latin *mēsa from Latin mēnsa.

Noun

mesa f (plural mesas)

1. table
2. all items set on a table for a meal
3. board; directors of an organization

Romanization

mēsa

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍃𐌰

Etymology

From Spanish mesa or Portuguese mesa.

Noun

mesa

1. table

Noun

mesa f (4 declension)

1. (Christianity) mass

Alternative forms

Noun

mesa m

1. ram

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Vulgar Latin *mēsa, from Latin mēnsa (“table”).

Cognate with Galician mesa, Spanish mesa, French moise, Italian mensa and Romanian masă.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.zɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.za/, /ˈme.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: me‧sa

Noun

mesa f (plural mesas)

1. table (item of furniture)

   José, põe a mesa, por favor.

   José, please set the table.

2. table (used as a reference)
   • 2015, Neil Gaiman, Os filhos de Anansi, Editora Intrinseca, →ISBN, page 6:

     Cumprimentou-as tocando a aba do chapéu — pois ele usava chapéu, um fedora verde imaculado, além de luvas cor de lima —, e em seguida caminhou até a mesa onde estavam as mulheres, que deram risada.

3. meal, food

   Portugal tem boa mesa e bom vinho.

   Portugal has good food and good wine.

4. (geography) mesa
5. board (a committee)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme̞sa/
• Hyphenation: me‧sa

Noun

mesa f (plural mesas)

1. table
2. mesa

Etymology

From Spanish mesa (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛsa]
• Hyphenation: me‧sa

Noun

mesa

1. table