mois

1. (invariable, masculine) month
2. (archaic, euphemistic, invariable, masculine) period, menstruation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mwa/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: moys

Inherited from Old French: mois

Inherited from Latin: mēnsis

Cognate with Catalan: mes

Cognate with Italian: mese

Cognate with Occitan: mes

Cognate with Portuguese: mês

Cognate with Romansh: mais

Cognate with Spanish: mes

In summary

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.

Concepts

month

moon

🌔

months

calendar month

period

chukka

daydream

epoch

era

February

July

June

lunar month

lunation

man-month

March

menses

monthlies

noon

🕛

October

period of time

season

September

spell

stage

term

time

⌚

chukker

menstrual period

Moon

🌔

synodic month

menorrhea

menstruation

moon around

May

moon on

age

April

August

birthdate

Synonyms

lune

🌔

lunaison

période

menstrues

montrer

règles

affaires

époques

laps de temps

ménorrhée

mois lunaire

croissant

mois du calendrier

durée

menstruation

Translations

mes

mese

Monat

maand

mês

miesiąc

mes

ay

🌔

μήνας

mensis

meh

lua

🌔

lluna

🌔

mes

شهر

Sentences

Il devient maître des requêtes au mois d' .

He became master of requests in the month of.

Le début du mois d’août.

The beginning of August.

Le huitième jour de chaque mois une messe y est célébrée .

On the eighth day of each month a Mass is celebrated there.

La reconstruction débute à la fin du mois d'octobre.

Reconstruction begins at the end of October.

Né en Algérie , Smaïl Mekki arrive en France trois mois après sa naissance .

Born in Algeria, Smaïl Mekki arrived in France three months after his birth.

La présidence effective d'Abdallahi dure moins de quinze mois .

Abdallahi's effective presidency lasts less than fifteen months.