messe

See also: Messe, mêsse, meße, and mæsse

Afrikaans

Noun

messe

1. plural of mes

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛsə]

Etymology 1

Via Middle Low German misse, Old Saxon missa from Medieval Latin missa, a past participle of the verb mittō (“to send”).

Noun

messe c (singular definite messen, plural indefinite messer)

1. (Christianity) Mass (eucharistic liturgy)
2. (music) Mass (musical composition)
3. fair (trade or art exhibition)

Declension

Declension of messe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	messe	messen	messer	messerne
genitive	messes	messens	messers	messernes

Derived terms

• bogmesse
• dødsmesse
• erotikmesse
• højmesse
• industrimesse
• julemesse
• messedreng
• messefald
• messegæst
• messehagel
• messeskjorte
• midnatsmesse
• modemesse
• sexmesse
• sjælemesse

 

References

• “messe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “messe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From English mess, from Medieval Latin missum, a past participle of the verb mittō (“to send”).

Noun

messe c (singular definite messen, plural indefinite messer)

1. (military) mess (eating room)

Declension

Declension of messe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	messe	messen	messer	messerne
genitive	messes	messens	messers	messernes

Derived terms

• officersmesse

References

• “messe,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

Derived form the first noun.

Verb

messe (past tense messede, past participle messet)

1. to chant

Conjugation

Inflection of messe

	present	past
simple	messer	messede
perfect	har messet	havde messet
passive	messes	messedes
participle	messende	messet
imperative	mes	—
infinitive	messe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	messen	—

References

• “messe,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French messe, from Old French messe, 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)

Derived terms

• la messe est dite
• messe basse
• messe de minuit
• servant de messe
• vin de messe

Further reading

• “messe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• semés, sèmes

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

messe f (plural messis)

1. (religion) mass

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsə/

• Audio

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Verb

messe

1. inflection of messen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• metssze

Etymology

metsz +‎ -je (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛʃːɛ]
• Hyphenation: mes‧se
• Rhymes: -ʃɛ

Verb

messe

1. third-person singular subjunctive present definite of metsz

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesə/

Verb

messe

1. to measure

Derived terms

• Messer

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin messem (“harvest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.se/
• Rhymes: -ɛsse
• Hyphenation: mès‧se

Noun

messe f (plural messi)

1. (literary) harvest, reaping, wheat, corn, crop

   Synonyms: mietitura, raccolto, biade

Related terms

• mietere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes.se/
• Rhymes: -esse
• Hyphenation: més‧se

Noun

messe f pl

1. plural of messa

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes.se/
• Rhymes: -esse
• Hyphenation: més‧se

Participle

messe f pl

1. feminine plural of messo

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

• misse

Descendants

• Dutch: mis
• Limburgish: mès
• West Flemish: messe

Further reading

• “messe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “messe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• mas, masse, mase, measse, mæsse, messy, misse, mese, mes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs(ə)/

Noun

messe (plural messes or messen)

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

Related terms

• Childermasse day
• Cristemasse
• messen
• Michelmasse

Descendants

• English: Mass, mass
• Scots: mess
• Yola: Messe

References

• “messe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Etymology 2

Noun

messe

1. Alternative form of mes (“serving”)

Etymology 3

Verb

messe

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French messe.

Noun

messe f (plural messes)

1. (Christianity) mass

Descendants

• French: messe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

messe f or 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

• båtmesse
• rekviemmesse

Verb

messe (imperative mess, present tense messer, passive messes, simple past and past participle messa or messet, present participle messende)

1. to chant, intone (as in a Mass)

References

• “messe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “messe_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “messe_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “messe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin missa and Old Norse messa; from English mess (noun 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

• båtmesse
• rekviemmesse

Verb

messe (present tense messar, past tense messa, past participle messa, passive infinitive messast, present participle messande, imperative messe/mess)

1. to chant, intone (as in a Mass)

Alternative forms

• messa

References

• “messe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• mese

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

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

1. (Christianity) mass

Descendants

• Middle French: messe
  • French: messe

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲesʲe/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

messe (emphatic)

1. I, me
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 105^b14

     Bed messe .i. no·comallaibthe ⁊ ro·mbad fírién insce Dǽ.

     That it would be me, i.e. that the word of God would be fulfilled and would be righteous.

Related terms

• mé (non-emphatic)

Descendants

• Irish: mise
• Manx: mish
• Scottish Gaelic: mise

Etymology 2

Participle

messe

1. past participle of midithir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
messe also mmesse after a proclitic	messe pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: mes‧se

Etymology 1

From Latin messem.

Noun

messe f (plural messes)

1. (agriculture) harvest (gathered crops)

   Synonyms: colheita, safra

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mess.

Noun

messe f (plural messes)

1. (Portugal, military) mess; messroom

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch messe, from Latin missa.

Noun

messe f

1. mass (church service)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English masse, from Anglo-Norman masse, from Latin massa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs/

Noun

messe

1. mass

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56