# messe
## Afrikaans
### Noun

messe
* plural of mes

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛsə]

### Etymology 1

Via Middle Low German misse, Old Saxon missa from Medieval Latin missa, a past participle of the verb mittō (“to send”).

#### Noun

messe c (singular definite messen, plural indefinite messer)
* (Christianity) Mass (eucharistic liturgy)
* (music) Mass (musical composition)
* fair (trade or art exhibition)

##### Derived terms

* bogmesse
* dødsmesse
* erotikmesse
* højmesse
* industrimesse
* julemesse
* messedreng
* messefald
* messegæst
* messehagel
* messeskjorte
* midnatsmesse
* modemesse
* sexmesse
* sjælemesse

#### References

* “messe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “messe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

From English mess, from Medieval Latin missum, a past participle of the verb mittō (“to send”).

#### Noun

messe c (singular definite messen, plural indefinite messer)
* (military) mess (eating room)

##### Derived terms

* officersmesse

#### References

* “messe,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 3

Derived from the first noun.

#### Verb

messe (past tense messede, past participle messet)
* to chant

##### Conjugation
#### References

* “messe,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French messe, from Old French messe, from Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛs/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

messe f (plural messes)
* (Christianity) Mass (church service)

#### Derived terms

* la messe est dite
* messe basse
* messe de minuit
* servant de messe
* vin de messe

### Further reading

* “messe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* semés, sèmes

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

### Noun

messe f (plural messis)
* (religion) mass

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛsə/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

messe
* inflection of messen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* metssze

### Etymology

metsz +‎ -je (personal suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛʃːɛ]
* Hyphenation: mes‧se
* Rhymes: -ʃɛ

### Verb

messe
* third-person singular subjunctive present definite of metsz

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmesə/
* Rhymes: -esə
* Syllabification: mes‧se
* Homophone: Messe

### Verb

messe
* to measure

#### Derived terms

* Messer

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin messem (“harvest”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛs.se/
* Rhymes: -ɛsse
* Hyphenation: mès‧se

#### Noun

messe f (plural messi)
* (literary) harvest, reaping, wheat, corn, crop
    Synonyms: mietitura, raccolto, biade

##### Related terms

* mietere

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmes.se/
* Rhymes: -esse
* Hyphenation: més‧se

#### Noun

messe f pl
* plural of messa

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmes.se/
* Rhymes: -esse
* Hyphenation: més‧se

#### Participle

messe f pl
* feminine plural of messo

## Latin
### Noun

messe
* ablative singular of messis

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French messe, from Latin missa. The variant misse was influenced directly by the Latin.

### Noun

messe f
* mass (church service)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* misse

#### Descendants

* Dutch: mis
* Limburgish: mès
* West Flemish: messe

### Further reading

* “messe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “messe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From a mixture of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse, both from Late Latin missa.

#### Alternative forms

* mas, masse, mase, measse, mæsse, messy, misse, mese, mes

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛs(ə)/

#### Noun

messe (plural messes or messen)
* Mass (service where the Eucharist is performed)
* The Eucharist; Holy Communion (sacrament involving bread and wine).
* The act of going to Mass and participating.

##### Related terms

* Childermasse day
* Cristemasse
* messen
* Michelmasse

##### Descendants

* English: Mass, mass
* Scots: mess
* Yola: Messe

##### References

* “messe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

messe
* Alternative form of mes (“serving”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

messe
* Alternative form of messen (“to serve”)

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French messe.

### Noun

messe f (plural messes)
* (Christianity) mass

#### Descendants

* French: messe

## Middle High German
### Alternative forms

* misse

### Etymology

From Old High German missa, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin missa, from Latin missiō, from mittō + -tiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈmes̠s̠ə/

### Noun

messe f
* (Roman Catholicism) Mass

#### Descendants

* Central Franconian:
** Hunsrik: Mess
* German: Messe

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “messe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
* "messe" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin missa and Old Norse messa; from English mess (noun sense 3).

### Noun

messe f or m (definite singular messa or messen, indefinite plural messer, definite plural messene)
* (Christianity) Mass (church service)
* a trade fair
* (military) a mess (mess room)

#### Derived terms

* båtmesse
* rekviemmesse

### Verb

messe (imperative mess, present tense messer, passive messes, simple past and past participle messa or messet, present participle messende)
* to chant, intone (as in a Mass)

### References

* “messe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “messe_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “messe_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “messe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin missa and Old Norse messa; from English mess (noun sense 3).

### Noun

messe f (definite singular messa, indefinite plural messer, definite plural messene)
* (Christianity) Mass (church service)
* a trade fair
* (military) a mess (mess room)

#### Derived terms

* båtmesse
* rekviemmesse

### Verb

messe (present tense messar, past tense messa, past participle messa, passive infinitive messast, present participle messande, imperative messe/mess)
* to chant, intone (as in a Mass)

#### Alternative forms

* messa

### References

* “messe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* mese

### Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

### Noun

messe oblique singular, f (oblique plural messes, nominative singular messe, nominative plural messes)
* (Christianity) mass

#### Descendants

* Middle French: messe
** French: messe

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmʲesʲe]

### Etymology 1

From mé +‎ -se

#### Pronoun

messe (emphatic)
* I, me

##### Quotations

* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 94$^b$7
    Amal as messe duda·forsat inna dúli, is mé dano bǽras mes fírían foraib.As it is I who have created the elements, so too it is I who will pass righteous judgment on them.
* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 105$^b$14
    Bed messe .i. no·comallaibthe ⁊ ro·mbad fírién insce Dǽ.That it would be me, i.e. that the word of God would be fulfilled and would be righteous.

##### Descendants

* Irish: mise
* Manx: mish
* Scottish Gaelic: mise

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

messe
* past participle of midithir

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.si/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.si/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.se/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɛ.sɨ/
* Hyphenation: mes‧se

### Etymology 1

From Latin messem.

#### Noun

messe f (plural messes)
* (agriculture) harvest (gathered crops)
    Synonyms: colheita, safra
* (agriculture) a field whose crops are ready for harvest
* (figurative) harvest; reward (product of labour)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mess.

#### Noun

messe f (plural messes)
* (Portugal, military) mess; messroom

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

messe
* inflection of messar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## West Flemish
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch messe, from Latin missa.

### Noun

messe f
* mass (church service)

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English masse, from Anglo-Norman masse, from Latin massa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛs/

### Noun

messe
* mass

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56