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English

Etymology

From Latin m?nsis (“month”), the plural being m?ns?s (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Confer month.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?men.si?z/

Noun

menses pl (plural only)

1. The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.

Related terms

• menstruation
• menstrual cycle
• menarche

Translations

References

• menses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Menstrual cycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• meness, mesnes

French

Noun

menses f

1. plural of mense

Interlingua

Noun

menses

1. plural of mense

Latin

Noun

m?ns?s

1. nominative plural of m?nsis
2. accusative plural of m?nsis
3. vocative plural of m?nsis

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

mènses m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

   Synonyms: kataménije, menstruácija, m?nga, menoréja, mènzes, mj?se?nica, perióda

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English

Noun

messes

1. plural of mess

Verb

messes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mess

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin messes, plural of messis (“harvest”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?me.s?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?me.ses/

Noun

messes f pl (plural only)

1. (agriculture) Grains which have been harvested.
2. harvest time

   Synonym: sega

Further reading

• “messes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Noun

messes f

1. plural of messe

Latin

Noun

mess?s

1. nominative plural of messis
2. accusative plural of messis
3. vocative plural of messis

References

• messes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Noun

messes

1. plural of messe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

messes

1. passive form of messe