"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 [US] 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 the magazine Ms. 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|s|+}} 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.
    Sense id: en-Ms-en-noun-Y9O8vnGK Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Chemical notation Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 53 47 Disambiguation of Chemical notation: 25 25 25 25
  2. Title used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent. Synonyms: Mrs.
    Sense id: en-Ms-en-noun-Tn7ncJaO Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian 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, Terms with Swedish translations, Chemical notation, Titles Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 49 3 21 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 53 47 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 29 61 2 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 54 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 52 2 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Chemical notation: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Titles: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mizz, Miz Translations (title): ms (Afrikaans), 女士 (nǚshì) (Chinese Mandarin), s-ino (Esperanto), Mme [feminine] (French), Señora [feminine] (Galician), Sra. [feminine] (Galician), Dona [feminine] (Galician), ქ-ნი (k-ni) (Georgian), Frau [feminine] (German), Δις (Dis) (Greek), Δδα (Dda) (Greek), Sig.ra [feminine] (Italian), 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)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'title': 49 51

Noun

IPA: /ɛmz/ Forms: M's [alternative]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 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 Disambiguation of Chemical notation: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

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: 25 25 25 25 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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