different between meshing vs messing

English

Verb

meshing

1. present participle of mesh

Noun

meshing (plural meshings)

1. The act by which something meshes or interlocks.

   the meshings of gears

Anagrams

• Hemings, Nghiems

English

Verb

messing

1. present participle of mess

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Messing”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “messing”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Danish

Etymology

From German Messing, from Middle High German messinc.

Noun

messing c or n (singular definite messinget or messingen, not used in plural form)

1. brass

Declension

Further reading

• “messing” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “messing” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch messinc, from Proto-Germanic *masjinga-, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly related to Latin massa (“mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.s??/

Adjective

messing (not comparable)

1. brazen, made of brass

Inflection

Noun

messing n (uncountable)

1. brass

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) , “masjinga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 356

Faroese

Alternative forms

• messingur

Etymology

From German Messing, from Middle High German messinc.

Noun

messing f (genitive singular messingar, uncountable)

1. brass

Declension

Noun

messing n (genitive singular messings, uncountable)

1. (rare) brass

Declension

Derived terms

• messingarstaki
• messingartráður

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

messing m (definite singular messingen)

1. brass (metallic alloy of copper and zinc)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mersing, messing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²m?s???/

Noun

messing m (definite singular messingen)

1. brass (metallic alloy of copper and zinc)

References

• “messing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.