meis

meis

1. corn

Back-formation from meisje, from meid.

• IPA^(key): /mɛi̯s/
• Hyphenation: meis
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

meis f (uncountable)

1. (familiar, colloquial, Netherlands, mostly used as a term of address) girl

   Hoi meis, hoe gaat het met je?

   Hi girl, how are you doing?

   Sterkte met het verlies van je pony, meis

   My condolences on the loss of your pony, girl.

From Latin mēnsis.

meis m (plural meisc)

1. month

• mens / mëns

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.iːs/

meīs

1. dative masculine plural of meus
2. dative feminine plural of meus
3. dative neuter plural of meus
4. ablative masculine plural of meus
5. ablative feminine plural of meus
6. ablative neuter plural of meus

• mais (Jersey)

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

meis m (plural meis)

1. (Guernsey, France) month

• meise

From German Meise.

• IPA^(key): /mæɪs/

meis f (definite singular meisa, indefinite plural meiser, definite plural meisene)

1. a bird of the family Paridae, the tits

• blåmeis
• granmeis
• kjøtmeis, kjøttmeis
• spettmeis

• “meis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

meis m (oblique plural meis, nominative singular meis, nominative plural meis)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mois
   • circa 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:

     Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein

     They sailed for a whole month without wind

   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     La paiz dura treis meis

     The peace lasted for three months