mess

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) a large quantity or number
3. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) excrement.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) a person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck

Verb

1. (often, transitive) To make untidy or dirty.
2. (often, transitive) To make untidy or dirty.
3. (often, transitive) To throw into disorder or to ruin.
4. (intransitive) To interfere.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
2. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.
3. (intransitive) To eat (with others).
4. (transitive) To supply with a mess.

Concepts

désordre

gâchis

pagaille

fouillis

confusion

chaos

bouillie

purée

fatras

mess

embrouillamini

messe

ébouriffer

foutoir

ramassis

lot

mouise

pétrin

plat

rien

saleté

souiller

table

tas

torchon

trou

🕳️

vivres

aliments

cafouiller

cobfusion

déballage

élément nutritif

gâché

grabuge

merdier

nutriment

popote

substance nutritive

binz

chenis

micmac

waï

aliment

🍽️

alimentation

amas

bazar

bordel

bourbier

chantier

compote

Synonymes

disorder

muddle

confusion

chaos

jumble

disarray

muss

tangle

junk

turmoil

clutter

gruel

shambles

mush

messiness

mix-up

lot

raft

muck

mix up

bedlam

wad

disorganization

mess hall

batch

mess up

dishevel

sight

heap

mountain

⛰️

mass

stack

great deal

deal

pickle

pile

fix

good deal

filth

hatful

farrago

mussiness

pot

mint

muckle

confuse

disrupt

commotion

meals

mickle

Traductions

confusione

Durcheinander

disordine

lío

desorden

zootje

rotzooi

Unordnung

zooi

troep

klerezooi

Schlamassel

Messe

pap

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɛs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mes

Hérité de ancien anglais: mēse

In summary

Perhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from Etymology 2 "mixed foods, as for animals". Compare also Old English mes (“dung, excrement”).