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From Dutch mes (knife).[1][2]

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メス (mesu

  1. (medicine) scalpel, lancet, medical knife
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From French Metz.

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メス (Mesu

  1. Metz (a city in Lorraine, northeastern France)
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  • メッツ (Mettsu) (from the German pronunciation)

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of メス – see the following entry.
めすS
[noun] a female (plant or animal)
[noun] (vulgar) a female person; bitch
[noun] an internal socket
Alternative spelling
(This term, メス, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN