meser

== Old Occitan == === Etymology === Cognate to French monsieur. === Noun === meser m (oblique plural mesers, nominative singular mesers, nominative plural meser) mister, sir (a title or form of address for a man) ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: missere, messere, messer, ser → Sicilian: misseri → Maltese: missier (“father”) == Romanian == === Alternative forms === measer === Etymology === Inherited from Latin miser, miserum. Appeared most often in the 16th–18th centuries. Compare also the literary doublet mizer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈser/, /ˈme.ser/ Rhymes: -er, -eser Hyphenation: me‧ser === Adjective === meser m or n (feminine singular meseră, masculine plural meseri, feminine/neuter plural mesere) (obsolete) poor, wretched, unfortunate, impoverished, destitute Synonyms: sărac, nenorocit, sărman, amărât ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== meseri meserie ==== Related terms ==== meserere mișel mizer mizerie === Further reading === “meser”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026