mense

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

mense (countable and uncountable, plural menses)

1. Property, owndom; possessions.
2. (UK, dialect) 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.

• Semen, menes, mesen, mesne, neems, semen

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mense

1. plural of mens: people

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃s/

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mense f (plural menses)

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

• commensal

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

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.se/, [ˈmẽːs̠ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.se/, [ˈmɛnse]

mēnse

1. ablative singular of mēnsis

mēnse

1. vocative masculine singular of mēnsus

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