meso

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪːsoʊ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

meso (not comparable)

1. (chemistry, dated, proscribed) Of a tactic diad, having structural units in identical orientation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.zo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.zo]

Verb

meso

1. first-person singular present indicative of mesar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeso/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: me‧so
• Rhymes: -eso

Noun

meso (accusative singular meson, plural mesoj, accusative plural mesojn)

1. mass (church service; music played at a church service)

Verb

meso

1. inflection of mesoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• some

Etymology

From mesa (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmesʊ]

Noun

meso m (plural mesos)

1. (regional) stool

   Synonyms: banqueta, tallo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “meso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.zo/
• Rhymes: -ɛzo
• Hyphenation: mè‧so

Noun

meso m (plural mesi)

1. (anatomy) generic name of formations resulting from the union of two peritoneal folds

   Hyponyms: mesentere, mesenteriolo, mesocolon, mesosigma

Further reading

• meso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Mosè, some

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męso, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêːso/
• Hyphenation: me‧so

Noun

mȇso n (Cyrillic spelling ме̑со)

1. meat

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męso, back-formed from *mēnsā́ˀ, the plural of Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛsóː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: me‧so

Noun

mesọ̑ n

1. (usually uncountable) meat (food which comes from muscle)

   Synonyms: mesek, mesce, mesnina

2. (uncountable) flesh

   Synonyms: mišičje, mišičevje, muskulatura

3. (by extension) flesh (edible part of fruits, vegetables and fungi)
4. (literary, rare) human body

   Synonyms: telo, fizis, telesce, telesno, telešček, život

5. (vulgar, uncommon, uncountable) slaves

   Synonyms: suženj, rob, sužnji, sužnjik

   Antonym: svobodnjak

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Further reading

• “meso”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “meso”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeso/ [ˈme.so]
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: me‧so

Verb

meso

1. first-person singular present indicative of mesar