mois
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French moys, from Old French mois, from earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.
Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Occitan mes, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmois m (plural mois)
- month [from c. 1100]
- (euphemistic, archaic) period, menstruation [1535—early 20th c.]
- Synonym: règles
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editAlternative forms
edit- meis (early Old French or northern dialects)
Etymology
editFrom earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.
Noun
editmois oblique singular, m (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)
Descendants
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- French terms inherited from Latin
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