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mes

Pronunciation: /meːs/

“mes” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a tit (genus Parus), a small bird
  2. the metal frame of a backpack
  3. a wimp, a wuss (person lacking in courage or bravery)

Etymology

From Middle Low German mêse, meise, from Old Saxon mēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål meis, meise and Norwegian Nynorsk meis, meise.

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