mois
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Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
mois m (plural mois)
- month [from c. 1100]
- (euphemistic, archaic) period, menstruation [1535—early 20th c.]
- Synonym: règles
Derived terms
- arrondir ses fins de mois
- homme-mois
- mois de Marie
- mois parfait
- mois-lumière
- on a tous les ans douze mois
- personne-mois
- tous les trente-six du mois
- treizième mois
Related terms
Further reading
- “mois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Alternative forms
- meis (early Old French or northern dialects)
Etymology
Noun
mois oblique singular, m (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)
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