mense

From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old Norse menska (“humanity”). Cognate with Old English menniscu (“the human condition, humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.

mense (plural menses)

1. Property, owndom; possessions.
2. (Britain, dialectal) manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility

• menseful
• menseless

mense (third-person singular simple present menses, present participle mensing, simple past and past participle mensed)

1. To adorn, bring honour to; grace.

• mesen, mesne, neems, semen

mense

1. plural of mens: people

Borrowed from Latin mēnsa. Compare the inherited doublet moise, which acquired a technical sense.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃s/

mense f (plural menses)

1. (archaic) table
2. Ecclesiastical revenue, especially that of an abbey

• commensal

• “mense” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin mensis (“month”).

mense (plural menses)

1. month

• januario
• februario
• martio
• april
• maio
• junio
• julio
• augusto
• septembre
• octobre
• novembre
• decembre

mense f

1. plural of mensa

mēnse

1. ablative singular of mēnsis

• semen