"Ms" meaning in English

See Ms in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪz/ [US], /ˈmɪs/ [US], /ˈmɪz/ [UK], /məz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav Forms: Mss [plural], Mses [plural], Ms. [alternative], M/s [alternative]
enPR: mĭzʹ [US], mĭsʹ [US], mĭzʹ [UK], məz [UK] Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: Found since the 1600s as an abbreviation of mistress (whence also Miss and Mrs), a title which initially did not indicate marital status. Suggestions that the term be revived began in 1901, and referenced the fact that dialects such as Southern US English already made no distinction between Miss and Mrs (/ˈmɪz/) in speech. With the founding of Ms. magazine in 1971, the term quickly became widespread as an alternative to Miss and Mrs., which require knowing (and publicizing) the referent's marital status. Head templates: {{en-noun|Mss|+}} Ms (plural Mss or Mses)
  1. Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs. Derived forms: mizz, Miz Coordinate_terms: Sir (english: sir), Mrs (english: Mistress, mistress), Miss (english: miss), Dame (english: dame), Madam (english: madam, ma'am) Coordinate_terms (of a non-binary person): Mx (alt: Mixter) Coordinate_terms (see also): Dr (english: Doctor, doctor) Coordinate_terms (titles; of a man): Mr (english: Mister, mister) Translations (title): ms (Afrikaans), 女士 (nǚshì) (Chinese Mandarin), s-ino (Esperanto), Mme [feminine] (French), Frau [feminine] (German), Δις (Dis) (Greek), Δδα (Dda) (Greek), អ្នកនាង (neak neang) (Khmer), kněni [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), госпоѓа (gospoǵa) [feminine] (Macedonian), госпоѓица (gospoǵica) [feminine] (Macedonian), panna [feminine] (Polish), panienka [feminine] (Polish), госпожа́ (gospožá) [feminine] (Russian), г-жа (g-ža) [feminine] (Russian), Señora [feminine] (Spanish), Sra. [feminine] (Spanish), fru [common-gender] (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪz/ [US], /ˈmɪs/ [US], /ˈmɪz/ [UK], /məz/ [UK], /ɛmz/, /ˈmɪz/ [US], /ˈmɪs/ [US], /ˈmɪz/ [UK], /məz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav Forms: M's [alternative]
enPR: mĭzʹ [US], mĭsʹ [US], mĭzʹ [UK], məz [UK], mĭzʹ [US], mĭsʹ [US], mĭzʹ [UK], məz [UK] Rhymes: -ɪz, -ɪz Etymology: From M + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|M|s}} M + -s Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Ms
  1. plural of M Tags: form-of, plural Form of: M
    Sense id: en-Ms-en-noun-s9iD3IMi Categories (other): Chemical notation, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of Chemical notation: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪz/ [US], /ˈmɪs/ [US], /ˈmɪz/ [UK], /məz/ [UK], /ɛmz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav
enPR: mĭzʹ [US], mĭsʹ [US], mĭzʹ [UK], məz [UK] Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: From a shortening of its name. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Ms (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of mesyl. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: mesyl
    Sense id: en-Ms-en-noun-9boGbB0q Categories (other): Organic chemistry, Chemical notation Disambiguation of Chemical notation: 33 33 33 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "english": "Mister, mister",
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      "english": "sir",
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      "english": "Mistress, mistress",
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      "english": "miss",
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      "english": "dame",
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      "word": "Dame"
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      "english": "madam, ma'am",
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      "word": "Madam"
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      "alt": "Mixter",
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      "english": "Doctor, doctor",
      "sense": "see also",
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      "enpr": "mĭsʹ",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪz/",
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      "enpr": "mĭzʹ",
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      "enpr": "məz",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "title",
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    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "nǚshì",
      "sense": "title",
      "word": "女士"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "title",
      "word": "s-ino"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "title",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Mme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "title",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frau"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Dis",
      "sense": "title",
      "word": "Δις"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Dda",
      "sense": "title",
      "word": "Δδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "roman": "neak neang",
      "sense": "title",
      "word": "អ្នកនាង"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "gospoǵa",
      "sense": "title",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "госпоѓа"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "title",
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "title",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "panna"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "г-жа"
    },
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      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "title",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kněni"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "title",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Señora"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "title",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sra."
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "title",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fru"
    }
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈmɪs/",
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        "US"
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      "homophone": "mizz"
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      "enpr": "məz",
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        "UK"
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        "UK"
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      "enpr": "mĭzʹ",
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      "enpr": "mĭsʹ",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɪz/",
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        "US"
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        "US"
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      "enpr": "məz",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "UK"
      ]
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    {
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          "word": "mesyl"
        }
      ],
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        "English abbreviations",
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        "Abbreviation of mesyl."
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