mess

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• /mɛs/
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Borrowed from German Mess.

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”).

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gemors — confusion of things
• Afrikaans: deurmekaarspul — confusion of things
• Arabic: فَوْضَى (fawḍā) — confusion of things
• Arabic: اِخْتِلَاط (iḵtilāṭ) — confusion of things
• Arabic: اِرْتِبَاك (irtibāk) — confusion of things
• Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب (iḍṭirāb) — confusion of things
• Arabic: كَرْكَبة (karkaba) — confusion of things
• Arabic: لَخْبَطَة (laḵbaṭa) — confusion of things
• Arabic: خَرْبَطة (ḵarbaṭa) — confusion of things
• Armenian: անկարգություն (ankargutʻyun) — confusion of things
• Armenian: խառնաշփոթ (xaṙnašpʻotʻ) — confusion of things
• Basque: anabasa — confusion of things
• Belarusian: беспара́дак (bjesparádak) — confusion of things
• Belarusian: барда́к (bardák) — confusion of things
• Belarusian: бязла́дздзе (bjazládzdzje) — confusion of things
• Belarusian: разгардзія́ш (razhardzijáš) — confusion of things
• Belarusian: гармі́дар (harmídar) — confusion of things
• Belarusian: не́лад (njélad) — confusion of things
• Breton: tiala — confusion of things
• Bulgarian: бъркоти́я (bǎrkotíja) — confusion of things
• Bulgarian: безпоря́дък (bezporjádǎk) — confusion of things
• Bulgarian: безре́дие (bezrédie) — confusion of things
• Catalan: garbuix — confusion of things
• Catalan: embolic — confusion of things
• Catalan: desgavell — confusion of things
• Chinese Mandarin: 混亂 /混乱 (hùnluàn) — confusion of things
• Chinese Mandarin: 雜亂 /杂乱 (záluàn) — confusion of things
• Czech: nepořádek — confusion of things
• Danish: rod — confusion of things
• Dutch: puinhoop — confusion of things
• Dutch: zootje — confusion of things
• Esperanto: kaĉo — confusion of things
• Esperanto: tohuvabohuo — confusion of things
• Finnish: sotku — confusion of things
• French: fouillis — confusion of things
• French: gâchis — confusion of things
• French: bazar — confusion of things
• French: foutoir — confusion of things
• French: chenis — confusion of things
• French: chienlit — confusion of things
• French: bourbier — confusion of things
• French: bordel — confusion of things
• French: désordre — confusion of things
• Galician: roldán — confusion of things
• Galician: desmancho — confusion of things
• Galician: marfallada — confusion of things
• Galician: turullada — confusion of things
• Galician: barallada — confusion of things
• Galician: enviza — confusion of things
• Galician: desorde — confusion of things
• Galician: liorna — confusion of things
• Galician: desfeita — confusion of things
• Galician: andrómena — confusion of things
• Georgian: უწესრიგობა (uc̣esrigoba) — confusion of things
• Georgian: უსიამოვნება (usiamovneba) — confusion of things
• German: Durcheinander — confusion of things
• German: Unordnung — confusion of things
• German: (totales) Chaos — confusion of things
• German: Schweinerei — confusion of things
• German: Saustall — confusion of things
• German: Mist (bauen) — confusion of things
• Hebrew: חוסר סדר (khóser séder) — confusion of things
• Hebrew: אי־סדר (i-séder) — confusion of things
• Hebrew: בלגן (balagán) — confusion of things
• Hebrew: ברדק (bardák) — confusion of things
• Hebrew: אנדרלמוסיה (andralamúsya) — confusion of things
• Hebrew: בוקה ומבולקה (buká umevulaká) — confusion of things
• Hungarian: rendetlenség — confusion of things
• Hungarian: összevisszaság — confusion of things
• Hungarian: zűrzavar — confusion of things
• Hungarian: felfordulás — confusion of things
• Irish: praiseach — confusion of things
• Italian: confusione — confusion of things
• Italian: macello — confusion of things
• Italian: casino — confusion of things
• Italian: sconquasso — confusion of things
• Italian: percorso ad ostacoli — confusion of things
• Italian: rovina — confusion of things
• Japanese: 混乱 (konran) — confusion of things
• Khmer: សង្ករ (sɑngkɑɑ) — confusion of things
• Korean: 혼란 (hollan) — confusion of things
• Korean: 엉망 (eongmang) — confusion of things
• Lithuanian: netvarka — confusion of things
• Macedonian: неред (nered) — confusion of things
• Macedonian: безредие (bezredie) — confusion of things
• Māori: pōwhiwhi — confusion of things
• Māori: kūnakunaku — confusion of things
• Māori: tīrangorango — confusion of things
• Māori: tīwekaweka — confusion of things
• Norwegian: røre — confusion of things
• Plautdietsch: Krom — confusion of things
• Polish: bałagan — confusion of things
• Polish: burdel — confusion of things
• Polish: nieporządek — confusion of things
• Polish: nieład — confusion of things
• Polish: bardak — confusion of things
• Polish: bardach — confusion of things
• Polish: barłóg — confusion of things
• Portuguese: bagunça — confusion of things
• Romanian: haos — confusion of things
• Russian: беспоря́док (besporjádok) — confusion of things
• Russian: барда́к (bardák) — confusion of things
• Russian: ме́сиво (mésivo) — confusion of things
• Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — confusion of things
• Russian: каварда́к (kavardák) — confusion of things
• Russian: кутерьма́ (kuterʹmá) — confusion of things
• Russian: раскарда́ш (raskardáš) — confusion of things
• Russian: срач (srač) — confusion of things
• Russian: неразбери́ха (nerazberíxa) — confusion of things
• Scots: pran — confusion of things
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏ре̄д — confusion of things
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅrēd — confusion of things
• Slovak: neporiadok — confusion of things
• Slovak: bordel — confusion of things
• Slovene: nered — confusion of things
• Slovene: zmeda — confusion of things
• Slovene: zmešnjava — confusion of things
• Spanish: leonera — confusion of things
• Spanish: desmadre — confusion of things
• Spanish: belén — confusion of things
• Spanish: cristo — confusion of things
• Spanish: cisco — confusion of things
• Spanish: pollo — confusion of things
• Spanish: lío — confusion of things
• Spanish: enredo — confusion of things
• Spanish: embolado — confusion of things
• Spanish: fregado — confusion of things
• Spanish: putiferio — confusion of things
• Spanish: quilombo — confusion of things
• Spanish: samplegorio — confusion of things
• Spanish: merequetengue — confusion of things
• Spanish: embrollo — confusion of things
• Spanish: barullo — confusion of things
• Spanish: follón — confusion of things
• Spanish: desbaratamiento — confusion of things
• Spanish: desbarato — confusion of things
• Spanish: desbarate — confusion of things
• Spanish: desbarajuste — confusion of things
• Spanish: cahuín — confusion of things
• Swedish: röra — confusion of things
• Thai: ความสับสน (kwaam-sàp-sǒn) — confusion of things
• Tongan: moveuveu — confusion of things
• Turkish: teşevvüş — confusion of things
• Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) — confusion of things
• Ottoman Turkish: تشوش (teşevvüş) — confusion of things
• Ukrainian: бе́злад (bézlad) — confusion of things
• Ukrainian: плутани́на (plutanýna) — confusion of things
• Ukrainian: барда́к (bardák) — confusion of things
• Ukrainian: розгардія́ш (rozhardijáš) — confusion of things
• Ukrainian: безла́ддя (bezláddja) — confusion of things
• Ukrainian: безпоря́док (bezporjádok) — confusion of things
• Welsh: annibendod — confusion of things
• Bulgarian: будалкам се (budalkam se) — screw around
• Danish: fucke — screw around
• Galician: foder — screw around
• Slovak: buzerovať — screw around
• Swedish: jävlas — screw around
• Swedish: djävlas — screw around