About "mess"
How to Split "mess" into Syllables
The word mess is divided into 1 syllables: mess. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.
📝 Syllable Breakdown
- mess — 1st syllable
🔊 Pronunciation Guide
The phonetic transcription of mess:
- IPA: /mɛs/
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📖 Definitions
- mess (countable and uncountable, plural messes)
- a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
📚 Word Origin & History
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”). From Middle English mes, partly from Old English mēse, mēose (“table”), a vernacular loan from Latin/Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”); and partly from Old French mes, Late Latin missum, from mittō (“to put, place (e.g. on the table)”). See mission, and compare Mass (“religious service”). mets...
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📊 Similar Words Comparison
Compare mess with related words to understand syllable patterns:
| Word | Syllables | Division |
|---|---|---|
| mess | 1 | mess |
| mung | 1 | mung |
| menses's | 2 | men-ses's |
| muss | 1 | muss |
| menage | 3 | me-na-ge |
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