messer

See also: Messer

English

Etymology 1

mess +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

messer (plural messers)

  1. Someone or something who messes.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈsɛə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

messer (plural messers)

  1. (obsolete, of an Italian person) Form of address equivalent to signore.

Etymology 3

German Messer

Noun

messer (plural messers)

  1. A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.

Italian

Etymology

Truncated form of messere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mesˈsɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Hyphenation: mes‧sèr

Noun

messer m

  1. (obsolete) form of address equivalent to signore

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German messer, from Old High German mezzisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).

Noun

messer n

  1. knife

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

messer m or f

  1. indefinite plural of messe

Verb

messer

  1. present of messe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messer f

  1. indefinite plural of messe
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