mez

• mjez

Variant of mjez, influenced by mes.

mez m (plural meze, definite mezi, definite plural mezet)

1. middle

• mes
• mez
• midis

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːs/

mez f (collective, singulative mezenn)

1. acorns

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs]

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

mez f (diminutive mezička or mízka)

1. limit

• “mez”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mez”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mez”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Back-formation from meztelen, by taking off the suffix -telen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛz]

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• Hyphenation: mez
• Rhymes: -ɛz

mez (plural mezek)

1. (figurative) guise, garb
2. (sports) strip, jersey (the uniform, especially the shirt, of a sport team)
3. (sports) dress (for athletes), singlet (for wrestlers)

• mez in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

mez m (plural mezes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mês.
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XII, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 80:

     Em seguida, movendo o braço roliço carregado de aros, cobras de ouro que tilintaram, reprehendeu-me com o dedinho erguido, lembrou-me que fazia um mez que viera do collegio e ainda não me vira ali.

     Next, moving her plump arm bustling with hoops, golden snakes that ringed, she reminded me a month had passed since she came back from the convent and she hadn’t yet seen me there.

mez

1. romanization of ᛗᛖᛉ

• miez (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

From Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).

mez m (feminine singular mesa, masculine plural mezs, feminine plural mesas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) half

mez f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) middle