mez

See also: MEZ, méz, mëz, mez', měź, меж, and меж-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mjez

Etymology

Variant of mjez, influenced by mes.

Noun

mez m (plural meze, definite mezi, definite plural mezet)

1. middle

Declension

Declension of mez

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mez	mezi	meze	mezet
accusative		mezin
dative	mezi	mezit	mezeve	mezeve
ablative			mezesh

See also

• mes
• mez
• midis

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːs/

Noun

mez f (collective, singulative mezenn)

1. acorns

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

mez f (diminutive mezička or mízka)

1. limit

Declension

Declension of mez (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mez	meze
genitive	meze	mezí
dative	mezi	mezím
accusative	mez	meze
vocative	mezi	meze
locative	mezi	mezích
instrumental	mezí	mezemi

Derived terms

adjectives

• mezní

nouns

• mezník
• pomezí
• rozmezí

Further reading

• “mez”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mez”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mez”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from meztelen, by taking off the suffix -telen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛz]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mez
• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

mez (plural mezek)

1. (figurative) guise, garb
2. (sports) strip, jersey (the uniform, especially the shirt, of a sport team)
3. (sports) dress (for athletes), singlet (for wrestlers)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	mez	mezek
accusative	mezt	mezeket
dative	meznek	mezeknek
instrumental	mezzel	mezekkel
causal-final	mezért	mezekért
translative	mezzé	mezekké
terminative	mezig	mezekig
essive-formal	mezként	mezekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mezben	mezekben
superessive	mezen	mezeken
adessive	meznél	mezeknél
illative	mezbe	mezekbe
sublative	mezre	mezekre
allative	mezhez	mezekhez
elative	mezből	mezekből
delative	mezről	mezekről
ablative	meztől	mezektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	mezé	mezeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mezéi	mezekéi

Possessive forms of mez

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mezem	mezeim
2nd person sing.	mezed	mezeid
3rd person sing.	meze	mezei
1st person plural	mezünk	mezeink
2nd person plural	mezetek	mezeitek
3rd person plural	mezük	mezeik

Derived terms

• jelmez

Further reading

• mez in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Portuguese

Noun

mez m (plural mezes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mês.
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XII, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 80:

     Em seguida, movendo o braço roliço carregado de aros, cobras de ouro que tilintaram, reprehendeu-me com o dedinho erguido, lembrou-me que fazia um mez que viera do collegio e ainda não me vira ali.

     Next, moving her plump arm bustling with hoops, golden snakes that ringed, she reminded me a month had passed since she came back from the convent and she hadn’t yet seen me there.

Proto-Norse

Romanization

mez

1. Romanization of ᛗᛖᛉ

Romansch

Alternative forms

• miez (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).

Adjective

mez m (feminine singular mesa, masculine plural mezs, feminine plural mesas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) half

Noun

mez f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) middle