MS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ms"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

MS

1. (metrology) Symbol for megasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10⁶ siemens.

Etymology 2

Symbol

MS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Montserrat.

   Synonym: MSR (alpha-3)

English

Noun

MS (countable and uncountable, plural MSes or MSs)

1. (plural MSS) Abbreviation of manuscript.
2. (numismatics) Initialism of mint state, a grading term.
3. (nautical) M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
4. (pharmacology) Initialism of morphine sulfate.
5. (cardiology) Initialism of mitral stenosis.
6. (neurology, uncountable) Initialism of multiple sclerosis.
   • 2026 October 28, Toni Connor, Luke Sproule, “Patient living in ‘horrific pain’ due to UK-wide drugs shortage”, in BBC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 October 2026, retrieved 28 October 2026:

     Jill Kenning has used Nabilone for 17 of the 18 years since she was diagnosed with MS and said the drug had been vital for managing her pain and helping her live a normal life.

7. (academics) Initialism of Master of Science.
8. Initialism of middle school.
9. (philately) Initialism of mini-sheet.
10. (criminology) Initialism of murder-suicide.
11. (broadcasting) Initialism of medium shot.
12. (UK politics) Initialism of member of the Senedd.
    • 2026 September 30, Cemlyn Davies, “Senedd to relocate office staff for major refurbishment”, in BBC News‎^[2], retrieved 28 October 2026:

      Tŷ Hywel is located directly behind the main Senedd building with two bridges allowing MSs and staff members to walk directly between both locations.

Derived terms

• MSer

Related terms

• (mitral stenosis): MVS

Translations

member of the Senedd

• Welsh: AS

Proper noun

MS

1. Abbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul: a state of Brazil.
3. Initialism of Microsoft: an American multinational technology company founded in 1975.
4. Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States.
5. (stock ticker symbol) Initialism of Morgan Stanley.
   • 2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN‎^[3], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 17 February 2026:

     According to a list of participants on the forum’s website, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) still plan to go. Both banks declined to comment. But a person familiar with the situation said Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein was “unlikely to attend.”

Derived terms

Microsoft

• M$ (implying greed and capitalism)
• MSDN (“Microsoft Developer Network”)
• MS-DOS (“Microsoft Disk Operating System”)
• MSI (“Microsoft Installer”)
• MSIE (“Microsoft Internet Explorer”)
• MSIL (“Microsoft Intermediate Language”)
• MSN (“Microsoft Network”)
• MSNBC (“Microsoft National Broadcasting Company”)
• MSRPC (“Microsoft Remote Procedure Call”)
• MSU (“Microsoft Update”)

Anagrams

• sm., S/M, sm, S&M, Sm, S & M, SM

Portuguese

Proper noun

MS

1. abbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul: a state of Brazil

Further reading

• “MS”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “MS”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

MS

1. abbreviation of Mureș: a county of Romania

Slovak

Alternative forms

• Ms (world championship)

Noun

MS n pl

1. initialism of majstrovstvá sveta (“world championships”)

See also

• Majstrovstvá sveta on the Slovak Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sk

Turkish

Alternative forms

• Ms, M.S.

Adverb

MS

1. abbreviation of milattan sonra (“after the Nativity [of Jesus Christ]”): AD, CE

   Antonym: MÖ