mis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mis"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English miscellaneous or English missing.

Symbol

mis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for unencoded languages.

Usage notes

This code is intended for languages that have not yet been included in ISO 639.

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /mi˧˩/

Noun

mis

1. cloth that covers a person

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 83

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məs/

Etymology 1

From Dutch missen, from Middle Dutch missen, from Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.

Verb

mis (present mis, present participle missende, past participle gemis)

1. (transitive) to miss

Etymology 2

From Dutch mist, from Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Noun

mis (uncountable)

1. fog, mist

Derived terms

• mistig

Etymology 3

From Dutch mist, dialectal byform of mest, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz.

Noun

mis (uncountable)

1. manure, dung
   • 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, pages 47–48:

     Sy sê baie spore, baie mis, maar nog nie eintlik baie olifante nie.

     She said a lot of tracks, a lot of dung, but not yet really many elephants.

Derived terms

• kunsmis

Etymology 4

From Dutch mis, from Middle Dutch misse, from Latin missa.

Noun

mis (plural misse)

1. (Roman Catholicism) mass

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mitja, related to Lithuanian mi̇̀klas (“supple”), mitrùs (“id”), Latvian mikls (“id”), mitrs, mikât (“to knead”).

Noun

mis m (plural mise, definite misi, definite plural miset)

1. limb

Declension

Declension of mis

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mis	misi	mise	miset
accusative		misin
dative	misi	misit	miseve	miseve
ablative			misesh

Derived terms

• mistrec
• kacamisër

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		мис
Arabic		میس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مس.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mis]

• Audio (Baku):

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Noun

mis (definite accusative misi, plural mislər)

1. copper

Declension

Declension of mis

	singular	plural
nominative	mis	mislər
definite accusative	misi	misləri
dative	misə	mislərə
locative	misdə	mislərdə
ablative	misdən	mislərdən
definite genitive	misin	mislərin

Possessive forms of mis

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	misim	mislərim
sənin (“your”)	misin	mislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	misi	misləri
bizim (“our”)	misimiz	mislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	misiniz	misləriniz
onların (“their”)	misi or misləri	misləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	misimi	mislərimi
sənin (“your”)	misini	mislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	misini	mislərini
bizim (“our”)	misimizi	mislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	misinizi	mislərinizi
onların (“their”)	misini or mislərini	mislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	misimə	mislərimə
sənin (“your”)	misinə	mislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	misinə	mislərinə
bizim (“our”)	misimizə	mislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	misinizə	mislərinizə
onların (“their”)	misinə or mislərinə	mislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	misimdə	mislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	misində	mislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	misində	mislərində
bizim (“our”)	misimizdə	mislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	misinizdə	mislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	misində or mislərində	mislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	misimdən	mislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	misindən	mislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	misindən	mislərindən
bizim (“our”)	misimizdən	mislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	misinizdən	mislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	misindən or mislərindən	mislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	misimin	mislərimin
sənin (“your”)	misinin	mislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	misinin	mislərinin
bizim (“our”)	misimizin	mislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	misinizin	mislərinizin
onların (“their”)	misinin or mislərinin	mislərinin

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

mis

1. plural of mi (musical note)

Etymology 2

Noun

mis

1. plural of mi (Greek letter)

Chuj

Noun

mis

1. puma

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish mys, from Old Cornish mis, from Proto-Brythonic *mis, from Proto-Celtic *mīns. Cognate with Breton miz, Gaulish mid, Irish mí, Manx mee, Scottish Gaelic mìos, and Welsh mis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːz/

Noun

mis m (plural misyow)

1. month

Derived terms

• Dy'gol Maria Mis Meurth (“Annunciation”)
• hanter mis (“fortnight”)
• melvis (“honeymoon”)
• misek, misyek (“monthly”)
• mistal (“monthly rate”)
• termyn an mis, misyow (“menstruation”)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Genver
• Hwevrel
• Meurth
• Ebrel
• Me
• Metheven
• Gortheren
• Est
• Gwynngala
• Hedra
• Du
• Kevardhu

Mutation

Mutation of mis

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mis	vis	unchanged	unchanged	fis, vis*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪs]

Etymology 1

Noun

mis

1. genitive plural of mísa

Etymology 2

Noun

mis

1. genitive plural of miso

Etymology 3

Verb

mis

1. second-person singular imperative of mísit

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• mias

Adjective

mis m (plural misi, feminine misa)

1. half, half a/an
2. middle, mid
3. mid, in the middle of
4. mean, average

References

• Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis/, [mis]

Noun

mis c (singular definite missen, plural indefinite misser)

1. kitty, puss, pussy, pussycat (see Thesaurus:cat)
2. beaver, pussy (see Thesaurus:vulva)

Inflection

Declension of mis

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mis	missen	misser	misserne
genitive	mis'	missens	missers	missernes

Synonyms

• (cat): missekat, misser

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mis
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch misse, from Latin missa.

Noun

mis f (plural missen, diminutive misje n)

1. mass (service in a Catholic church)

Derived terms

• beatmis
• dodenmis
• hoogmis
• kermis
• Kerstmis
• lichtmis
• misdienaar
• misviering
• miswijn
• nachtmis
• parodiemis
• vroegmis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mis

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mis, misse, from Old Dutch *missa, from Proto-West Germanic *missu (“failure, lack, mistake”).

Adjective

mis (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. wrong

   Synonyms: verkeerd, fout

2. missed, not a hit

   Synonym: ernaast

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “verkeerd, fout”): goed, juist
• (antonym(s) of “missed”): raak

Derived terms

• niet geschoten is altijd mis

Related terms

• mis-
• missen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mis

1. inflection of missen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi. The irregular nominative suffix is from the pronoun see (“this, it”). Compare the suffix in Finnish mikä, Erzya мезе (meze) (from *mi +‎ *śe). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “What is the origin of the -lle- stem?”

Pronoun

mis (genitive mille, partitive mida)

1. what

   Mis see on?

   What is that?

   Mis juhtus?

   What happened?

   Mida sa teed?

   What are you doing?

   Millest sa räägid?

   What are you talking about?

Declension

Declension of mis (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	mis	mis
genitive	mille	millede
partitive	mida	mida
illative	millesse	milledesse
inessive	milles	milledes
elative	millest	milledest
allative	millele	milledele
adessive	millel / mil	milledel
ablative	millelt	milledelt
translative	milleks	milledeks
terminative	milleni	milledeni
essive	millena	milledena
abessive	milleta	milledeta
comitative	millega	milledega

Interjection

mis

1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.

   Mis! See on hämmastav.

   What! That is amazing.

French

Etymology

From Latin missus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Verb

mis

1. first/second-person singular past historic of mettre

Participle

mis (feminine mise, masculine plural mis, feminine plural mises)

1. past participle of mettre

Noun

mis m pl

1. masculine plural of mi

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

mis m pl

1. plural of mi

Gothic

Romanization

mis

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌹𐍃

Hupa

Noun

mis

1. cliff

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmisːæ/, [ˈmis̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmis/, [ˈmiʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -isː, -is
• Hyphenation: mis

Pronoun

mis

1. inessive of mikä: where
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 30:

     Mis ono siun peremees?

     Where is your master?

See also

• kus

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		مِس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مس (mes).

Pronunciation

• (Talxâbî, Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [mɪs]

Noun

mis (definite accusative misü, plural mislər)

1. copper

Declension

Declension of mis

	singular	plural
nominative	mis	mislər
genitive	misü̂ñ	mislərü̂ñ
dative	miskə	mislərkə
definite accusative	misü	mislərü
locative	misçə	mislərçə
ablative	misdə	mislərdə
instrumental	mislə	mislərlə
equative	misvâra	mislərvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971), Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmis]

Determiner

mīs

1. dative/ablative/locative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of meus

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi-, from Proto-Uralic *mi. Cognates include Finnish mikä. The final -s in the nominative derives from Proto-Finnic *se (demonstrative pronoun); this has been generalized by analogy to most other inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis/, [ˈmisː]

Pronoun

mis

1. what

Declension

Declension of mis (1)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	mis	—
genitive (genitīv)	mis	—
partitive (partitīv)	midā mis	—
dative (datīv)	missõn	—
instrumental (instrumentāl)	missõks	—
illative (illatīv)	missõ	—
inessive (inesīv)	missõs	—
elative (elatīv)	missõst	—

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mis”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Middle English

Noun

mis

1. (West Riding) alternative form of mys (“mice”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːs/

Pronoun

mīs

1. locative of mii (“we”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis/
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: mis

Noun

mis f

1. genitive plural of misa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Noun

mis

1. plural of mi

Q'anjob'al

Noun

mis

1. cat

Q'eqchi

Noun

mis

1. cat

References

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [4]
• [5]

Spanish

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis/ [mis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: mis

Determiner

mis m pl or f pl

1. plural of mi

Related terms

Spanish possessive determiners

Possessor		Preposed		Postposed or standalone
		Singular possessee	Plural possessee	Singular possessee		Plural possessee
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First-person	Singular	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
	Plural	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second-person	Singular	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	Plural	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third-person		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Anagrams

• sim

Tojolabal

Noun

mis

1. cat

References

• Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Tsuut'ina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis/

Noun

mīs

1. cliff(s)

References

• "Tsuut'ina Nominalized Phrases (Video)." Youtube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t6EdGunXLc

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مسك, from Arabic مِسْك (misk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”). Doublet of misk.

Adjective

mis

1. good (commonly used when referring to the smell of something)

Declension

Predicative forms of mis

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	misim	mis miyim?
sen (you are)	missin	mis misin?
o (he/she/it is)	mis / misdir	mis mi?
biz (we are)	misiz	mis miyiz?
siz (you are)	missiniz	mis misiniz?
onlar (they are)	mis(ler)	mis(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	misdim	mis miydim?
sen (you were)	misdin	mis miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	misdi	mis miydi?
biz (we were)	misdik	mis miydik?
siz (you were)	misdiniz	mis miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	misdiler	mis miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	mismişim	mis miymişim?
sen (you were)	mismişsin	mis miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	mismiş	mis miymiş?
biz (we were)	mismişiz	mis miymişiz?
siz (you were)	mismişsiniz	mis miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	mismişler	mis miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	missem	mis miysem?
sen (if you)	missen	mis miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	misse	mis miyse?
biz (if we)	missek	mis miysek?
siz (if you)	misseniz	mis miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	misseler	mis miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish میس, from English miss.

Noun

mis (definite accusative misi, plural misler)

1. miss (unmarried woman)

Declension

Declension of mis

singular plural nominative mis misler definite accusative misi misleri dative mise mislere locative miste mislerde ablative misten mislerden genitive misin mislerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular misim mislerim 2nd singular misin mislerin 3rd singular misi misleri 1st plural misimiz mislerimiz 2nd plural misiniz misleriniz 3rd plural misleri misleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular misimi mislerimi 2nd singular misini mislerini 3rd singular misini mislerini 1st plural misimizi mislerimizi 2nd plural misinizi mislerinizi 3rd plural mislerini mislerini dative singular plural 1st singular misime mislerime 2nd singular misine mislerine 3rd singular misine mislerine 1st plural misimize mislerimize 2nd plural misinize mislerinize 3rd plural mislerine mislerine locative singular plural 1st singular misimde mislerimde 2nd singular misinde mislerinde 3rd singular misinde mislerinde 1st plural misimizde mislerimizde 2nd plural misinizde mislerinizde 3rd plural mislerinde mislerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular misimden mislerimden 2nd singular misinden mislerinden 3rd singular misinden mislerinden 1st plural misimizden mislerimizden 2nd plural misinizden mislerinizden 3rd plural mislerinden mislerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular misimin mislerimin 2nd singular misinin mislerinin 3rd singular misinin mislerinin 1st plural misimizin mislerimizin 2nd plural misinizin mislerinizin 3rd plural mislerinin mislerinin

Predicative forms of mis

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	misim	mis miyim?
sen (you are)	missin	mis misin?
o (he/she/it is)	mis / misdir	mis mi?
biz (we are)	misiz	mis miyiz?
siz (you are)	missiniz	mis misiniz?
onlar (they are)	mis(ler)	mis(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	misdim	mis miydim?
sen (you were)	misdin	mis miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	misdi	mis miydi?
biz (we were)	misdik	mis miydik?
siz (you were)	misdiniz	mis miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	misdiler	mis miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	mismişim	mis miymişim?
sen (you were)	mismişsin	mis miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	mismiş	mis miymiş?
biz (we were)	mismişiz	mis miymişiz?
siz (you were)	mismişsiniz	mis miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	mismişler	mis miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	missem	mis miysem?
sen (if you)	missen	mis miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	misse	mis miyse?
biz (if we)	missek	mis miysek?
siz (if you)	misseniz	mis miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	misseler	mis miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِس (mis).

Noun

mis (definite accusative misi, plural misler)

1. copper

   Synonym: bakyr

Declension

Declension of mis

	singular	plural
nominative	mis	misler
accusative	misi	misleri
genitive	misiň	misleriň
dative	mise	mislere
locative	misde	mislerde
ablative	misden	mislerden

Further reading

• “mis” in Enedilim.com
• “mis” in Webonary.org

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːs/
  • (South Wales, colloquial also) IPA^(key): /miːʃ/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

mis m (plural misoedd, diminutive misig)

1. month

Usage notes

When used on their own (not as part of a date), the names of months are usually prefixed with mis:

ym mis Tachwedd ― in [the month of] November

Derived terms

• mis mêl, y mis difyr (“honeymoon”)
• misol (“monthly”)
• misolyn (“monthly publication”)
• mislif (“menstruation”)
• (y) mis bach (“February”, literally “(the) small month”)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Ionawr
• Chwefror
• Mawrth
• Ebrill
• Mai
• Mehefin
• Gorffennaf
• Awst
• Medi
• Hydref
• Tachwedd
• Rhagfyr

Mutation

Mutated forms of mis

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mis	fis	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mis”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi˩/

Noun

mis

1. (anatomy) the breast (Classifier: lub)

Derived terms

• txiv mis (“nipple”)

References

• Jaisser, Annie; Ratliff, Martha; Riddle, Elizabeth; Strecker, David; Vang, Lopao; Vang, Lyfu (1995), Hmong For Beginners‎^[6], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 243.