different between messes vs messer

English

Noun

messes

1. plural of mess

Verb

messes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mess

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin messes, plural of messis (“harvest”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?me.s?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?me.ses/

Noun

messes f pl (plural only)

1. (agriculture) Grains which have been harvested.
2. harvest time

   Synonym: sega

Further reading

• “messes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Noun

messes f

1. plural of messe

Latin

Noun

mess?s

1. nominative plural of messis
2. accusative plural of messis
3. vocative plural of messis

References

• messes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Noun

messes

1. plural of messe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

messes

1. passive form of messe

English

Etymology 1

mess +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s?(?)/

Noun

messer (plural messers)

1. Someone or something who messes.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??s??(?)/

Noun

messer (plural messers)

1. (obsolete, of an Italian person) Form of address equivalent to signore.

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Italian

Etymology

Truncated form of messere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mes?s?r/

Noun

messer m (plural messer)

1. (obsolete) Form of address equivalent to signore.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German messer, from Old High German mezzisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).

Noun

messer n

1. knife

References

• “messer” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

messer m or f

1. indefinite plural of messe

Verb

messer

1. present of messe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messer f

1. indefinite plural of messe