meis

meis

1. corn

Clipping of 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯s/
• Rhymes: -ei̯s
• Syllabification: meis

meis m pl

1. masculine plural of mei (“my”)

meis m pl

1. masculine plural of mei (“mine”)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯sːæ/, [ˈme̞i̯s̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯s/, [ˈme̞i̯ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ei̯sː, -ei̯s
• Hyphenation: meis

meis

1. inessive of möö

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

From Latin mēnsis.

meis m (plural meisc)

1. month

• mens / mëns

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈme.iːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.is]

meīs

1. dative/ablative/locative masculine/feminine/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, continental) month

From Old Norse meiss.

meis

1. a wicker basket used as a net for catching eels or as a backpack
2. a frame for carrying a backpack, for carrying items on the back

• bakmeis
• kløvmeis
• bæremeis
• vidjemeis

From German Meise.

meis

1. a bird of the family Paridae, the tits

• “meis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• meise

From German Meise.

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪːs/

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

From Old Norse meiss.

meis

1. a wicker basket used as a net for catching eels or as a backpack
2. a frame for carrying a backpack, for carrying items on the back

• bakmeis
• kløvmeis

• “meis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

     Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein

     They sailed for a whole month without wind

   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     La paiz dura treis meis

     The peace lasted for three months