messe

See also: Messe, mêsse, and meße

Afrikaans

Noun

messe

  1. plural of mes

French

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛs/
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Noun

messe f (plural messes)

  1. (Christianity) Mass (church service)

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsə/

Verb

messe

  1. First-person singular present of messen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of messen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of messen.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsse
  • Rhymes: -esse

Noun

messe f (plural messi)

  1. harvest, reaping, wheat, corn, crop

Synonyms

Noun

messe f

  1. plural of messa

Verb

messe

  1. feminine plural past participle of mettere

Latin

Noun

messe

  1. ablative singular of messis

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French messe, from Latin missa. The variant misse was influenced directly by the Latin.

Noun

messe f

  1. mass (church service)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “messe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “messe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From a mixture of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse, both from Late Latin missa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛs(ə)/

Noun

messe (plural messes or messen)

  1. Mass (service where the Eucharist is performed)
  2. The Eucharist; Holy Communion (sacrament involving bread and wine).
  3. The act of going to Mass and participating.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From a conflation of Old French mes and Old English mēse.

Noun

messe

  1. Alternative form of mes (“serving”)

Etymology 3

From mes (noun).

Verb

messe

  1. Alternative form of messen (“to serve”)

Middle French

Etymology

Old French messe.

Noun

messe f (plural messes)

  1. (Christianity) mass

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin missa and Old Norse messa; from English mess (sense 3)

Noun

messe f, m (definite singular messa or messen, indefinite plural messer, definite plural messene)

  1. (Christianity) Mass (church service)
  2. a trade fair
  3. (military) a mess (mess room)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin missa and Old Norse messa; from English mess (sense 3)

Noun

messe f (definite singular messa, indefinite plural messer, definite plural messene)

  1. (Christianity) Mass (church service)
  2. a trade fair
  3. (military) a mess (mess room)

Derived terms

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin missa.

Noun

messe f (oblique plural messes, nominative singular messe, nominative plural messes)

  1. (Christianity) mass

Old Irish

Pronoun

messe (emphatic)

  1. I, me
  • mé (non-emphatic)

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

messe f (plural messes)

  1. (agriculture) harvest (gathered crops)
  2. (agriculture) a field whose crops are ready for harvest
  3. (figuratively) harvest; reward (product of labour)

Synonyms

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch messe, from Latin missa.

Noun

messe f

  1. mass (church service)
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