més

Inherited from Latin magis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmes]

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• Homophone: mes
• Rhymes: -es

més

1. more (used to form comparatives)

   Antonym: menys

   més que un club ― more than a club

2. (with a definite article) (the) most (used to form superlatives)

   Antonym: menys

• “més” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “més”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “més” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “més” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese messe (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin messis, messem. Cognate with Portuguese messe and Spanish mies.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs/

més m (plural méses)

1. a breadmaking cereal, most notably wheat or rye
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 271:

     cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi o máále áá messe que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor

     as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as the flail does to the cereal, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part

2. green rye used as fodder

   Synonyms: alcacén, ferraña

3. a cereal field ready for harvest

• “messe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “messe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “més” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “més” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “més” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin mēnsis.

més m (plural meses)

1. month