mense

From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.

mense (countable and uncountable, plural menses)

1. Property, owndom; possessions.
2. (UK, dialect) manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility

• menseful
• menseless

mense (third-person singular simple present menses, present participle mensing, simple past and past participle mensed)

1. To adorn, bring honour to; grace.

• Semen, menes, mesen, mesne, neems, semen

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mense

1. plural of mens: people

Borrowed from Latin mēnsa. Compare the inherited doublet moise, which acquired a technical sense.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃s/

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mense f (plural menses)

1. (archaic) table
2. Ecclesiastical revenue, especially that of an abbey

• commensal

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

From Latin mensis (“month”).

mense (plural menses)

1. month

• januario
• februario
• martio
• april
• maio
• junio
• julio
• augusto
• septembre
• octobre
• novembre
• decembre

mense f

1. plural of mensa

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.se/, [ˈmẽːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.se/, [ˈmɛnse]

mēnse

1. ablative singular of mēnsis

mēnse

1. vocative masculine singular of mēnsus

• semen