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mês

Portuguese, noun

mês is spelled M-Ê-S (3 letters) and appears 209 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 444th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “month (each of the twelve periods into which the year is divided)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of mê. With an accent, més is a different word: “plural of mé”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada uma das doze partes em que se divide o ano”.

What does mês mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemonth (each of the twelve periods into which the year is divided)

  2. 2

    masculinemonth (period between any date in one month and the corresponding date in the following month)

  3. 3

    masculinemonth (period of thirty consecutive days)

  4. 4

    masculinemonthly fee, payment

  5. 5

    colloquialmasculinemenstruation

noun

  1. 1

    plural of mê

noun

as més
  1. 1

    plural of mé

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. cada uma das doze partes em que se divide o ano 2. período de trinta dias, começando a contar de qualquer data 3. remuneração mensal de um trabalhador 4. quantia mensal paga pelo aluguel de um bem ou obtenção de um serviço; prestação ou amortização mensal de uma dívida

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mês

  • meses plural
  • mez alternative
  • mès alternative obsolete
  • mes alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mês

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mês in Portuguese?

mês appears 209 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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