mois
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
Noun edit
mois m (plural mois)
- month [from c. 1100]
- (euphemistic, archaic) period, menstruation [1535—early 20th c.]
- Synonym: règles
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- meis (early Old French or northern dialects)
Etymology edit
From earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.
Noun edit
mois oblique singular, m (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)