See also: MOIs and mõis

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French moys, from Old French mois, from earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Occitan mes, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mwa/, /mwɑ/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: moi (/mwa/)

Noun edit

mois m (plural mois)

  1. month [from c. 1100]
  2. (euphemistic, archaic) period, menstruation [1535—early 20th c.]
    Synonym: règles

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Alternative forms edit

  • meis (early Old French or northern dialects)

Etymology edit

From earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Noun edit

mois oblique singularm (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)

  1. month

Descendants edit

  • Middle French: moys
  • Norman: mais (Jersey), meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)
  • Walloon: moes