messe
Afrikaans
French
Etymology
From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛs/
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Further reading
- “messe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛsə/
Italian
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛs.se/, [ˈmɛs̪s̪e]
- Rhymes: -ɛsse
- Stress: mèsse
- Hyphenation: mes‧se
Noun
messe f (plural messi)
Related terms
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ˈmes.se/, [ˈmes̪s̪e]
- Stress: mésse
- Rhymes: -esse
Latin
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French messe, from Latin missa. The variant misse was influenced directly by the Latin.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From a mixture of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse, both from Late Latin missa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛs(ə)/
Noun
messe (plural messes or messen)
- Mass (service where the Eucharist is performed)
- The Eucharist; Holy Communion (sacrament involving bread and wine).
- The act of going to Mass and participating.
Related terms
References
- “messe (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
From a conflation of Old French mes and Old English mēse.
Etymology 3
From mes (noun).
Middle French
Etymology
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
messe f or m (definite singular messa or messen, indefinite plural messer, definite plural messene)
- (Christianity) Mass (church service)
- a trade fair
- (military) a mess (mess room)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
messe f (definite singular messa, indefinite plural messer, definite plural messene)
- (Christianity) Mass (church service)
- a trade fair
- (military) a mess (mess room)
Derived terms
Verb
messe (present tense messar, past tense messa, past participle messa, passive infinitive messast, present participle messande, imperative mess/messe)
Alternative forms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin missa.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲesʲe/
Related terms
- mé (non-emphatic)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
messe also mmesse after a proclitic |
messe pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
messe also mmesse after a proclitic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin messis, messem.
Noun
messe f (plural messes)
- (agriculture) harvest (gathered crops)
- (agriculture) a field whose crops are ready for harvest
- (figuratively) harvest; reward (product of labour)
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch messe, from Latin missa.