"ms." meaning in All languages combined

See ms. on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ms..wav Forms: mss. [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|mss.}} ms. (plural mss.)
  1. (in bibliographies) Abbreviation of manuscript. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: manuscript
    Sense id: en-ms.-en-noun-~ATOXTEc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ms..wav
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} ms.
  1. plural of m. (“month”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: m. (extra: month)
    Sense id: en-ms.-en-noun-X9NG3tqR Categories (other): Eastern Min terms with redundant script codes

Noun [French]

Etymology: Abbreviation of manuscrit. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|fr|manuscrit}} Abbreviation of manuscrit Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#}} ms. m (invariable)
  1. (in bibliographies) ms. (manuscript) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-ms.-fr-noun--Afy83iD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

Forms: mss. [plural]
Head templates: {{it-noun|m|mss.}} ms. m (plural mss.)
  1. (in bibliographies) abbreviation of manoscritto; ms. (manuscript) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, masculine Alternative form of: manoscritto (extra: ms. (manuscript))
    Sense id: en-ms.-it-noun-MM8MMFAK Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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