mois

See also: MOIs and mõis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French moys, from Old French mois, from earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Occitan mes, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mwa/, /mwɑ/
Audio (France, "un mois") (file)
Homophone: moi (/mwa/)

Noun

mois m (plural mois)

month [from c. 1100]
(euphemistic, archaic) period, menstruation [1535—early 20th c.]
Synonym: règles

Derived terms

arrondir ses fins de mois
homme-mois
mois de Marie
mois parfait
mois-lumière
on a tous les ans douze mois
personne-mois
tous les trente-six du mois
treizième mois

Related terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

omis

Old French

Alternative forms

meis (early Old French or northern dialects)

Etymology

From earlier meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Noun

mois oblique singular, m (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)

month

Descendants

Middle French: moys
- French: mois
Norman: mais (Jersey), meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)
Walloon: moes

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