"mes" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /mɛs/ Audio: Nl-mes.ogg , en-us-mess.ogg Forms: messen [plural], mesje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”). Etymology templates: {{root|nl|ine-pro|*meh₂d-|*sek-|id1=wet}}, {{inh|nl|dum|mets}} Middle Dutch mets, {{inh|nl|odt|*metisas}} Old Dutch *metisas, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*matisahs||food knife}} Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+}} mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)
  1. knife, cleaver Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Cutlery, Weapons
    Sense id: en-mes-nl-noun-C8EHwCzB Disambiguation of Cutlery: 93 7 Disambiguation of Weapons: 95 5 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (informal) blade Tags: informal, neuter
    Sense id: en-mes-nl-noun-E~-7L5u6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afbreekmes, botermes, broodmes, hakmes, kaasmes, kapmes, knipmes, messenslijper, messentrekker, oestermes, paletmes, schildersmes, slagersmes, snoeimes, springmes, stanleymes, steekmes, vilmes, vleesmes, vlindermes, vouwmes, werpmes, zakmes

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "botermes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "broodmes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hakmes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kaasmes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kapmes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "knipmes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "messentrekker"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oestermes"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paletmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "schildersmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "slagersmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snoeimes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "springmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stanleymes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "steekmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vilmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vleesmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vlindermes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vouwmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werpmes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zakmes"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "af",
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi",
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        }
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      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: määs"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "mes"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: mes"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
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          },
          "expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: masa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: masa"
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            "2": "mes",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "メス",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "medical knife",
            "tr": "mesu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "메스",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "medical knife"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlo",
            "2": "meschu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Loup A: meschu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the diminutive form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the diminutive form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mg",
            "2": "méso",
            "3": "mésa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malagasy: méso, mésa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malagasy: méso, mésa"
    }
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "mets"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "nl",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "+"
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    }
  ],
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    "mes"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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            "Kitchenware",
            "Cooking",
            "Home appliances",
            "Tools",
            "Food and drink",
            "Home",
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "nl:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "knife, cleaver"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ],
        [
          "cleaver",
          "cleaver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "blade"
      ],
      "id": "en-mes-nl-noun-E~-7L5u6",
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) blade"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɛs/"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Mesch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nl:mes (voorwerp)"
  ],
  "word": "mes"
}
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    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂d- (wet)",
    "Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 37 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛs",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛs/1 syllable",
    "nl:Cutlery",
    "nl:Weapons"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "afbreekmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "botermes"
    },
    {
      "word": "broodmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "hakmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaasmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "kapmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "knipmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "messenslijper"
    },
    {
      "word": "messentrekker"
    },
    {
      "word": "oestermes"
    },
    {
      "word": "paletmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "schildersmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "slagersmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "snoeimes"
    },
    {
      "word": "springmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "stanleymes"
    },
    {
      "word": "steekmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "vilmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "vleesmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "vlindermes"
    },
    {
      "word": "vouwmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "werpmes"
    },
    {
      "word": "zakmes"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "mes"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: mes\n→ Zulu: umese\nFanagalo: mes (or directly)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "mesi"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "määs"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: määs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: määs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "mes"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: mes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: mes"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
            "2": "masa"
          },
          "expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: masa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: masa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "mes",
            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "メス",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "medical knife",
            "tr": "mesu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "메스",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "medical knife"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlo",
            "2": "meschu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the diminutive form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the diminutive form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mg",
            "2": "méso",
            "3": "mésa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malagasy: méso, mésa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malagasy: méso, mésa"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "root"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "messen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mesje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mes"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knife, cleaver"
      ],
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        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ],
        [
          "cleaver",
          "cleaver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blade"
      ],
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        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) blade"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛs/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-mess.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/En-us-mess.ogg/En-us-mess.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/En-us-mess.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Mesch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nl:mes (voorwerp)"
  ],
  "word": "mes"
}

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