Wiktionary

men

See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

men

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mende.

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.

PronunciationEdit

 
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A group of men sitting together.

NounEdit

men

  1. plural of man
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
      This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

NounEdit

men pl (plural only)

  1. (collective) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
    • 1776, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America:
      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
  2. (collective, military) enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
    "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.

QuotationsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

men

  1. A command

ChuukeseEdit

AdverbEdit

men

  1. softer form of fakkun (“very”)

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).

PronounEdit

men (plural biz, possessive adjective menim)

  1. (personal) I (first-person singular)

InflectionEdit

object me: maña
reflexive myself: özüm
possessive mine, my: menim

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą (“damage, hurt, injustice, sin”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men or mén n or c (singular definite menet or menen, plural indefinite men, plural definite menene)

  1. injury

Etymology 2Edit

Same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

men

  1. but
  2. (as a noun) but, catch, hitch, snag
    Jeg kan høre, der er et men.

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch men, an unstressed variety of man (“man”). Accordingly, originally pronounced with [ə]; now predominantly with a full vowel [ɛ], especially in those areas where the word is chiefly literary. Compare German man, Middle English men (indefinite pronoun).

PronounEdit

men

  1. (indefinite, subject) One, you, they, everyone; humanity, (the) people, the public opinion
    Men zegt dat... ― People say that.... It is said that...
    Men weet nooit wat er gaat gebeuren. ― You never know what’s going to happen.
Usage notesEdit
  • When not used as a subject, men must be replaced with je (“you”) or sometimes ze (“them”).
  • The word as such is very common in Limburg and some other areas, where it is part of the local dialects. Elsewhere it is not downright rare but perceived as formal and predominantly replaced with je and ze even as a subject (similarly to English one).
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

men

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mennen
  2. imperative of mennen

FaroeseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See møna

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men f (genitive singular menar, plural menir or menar)

  1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord
DeclensionEdit
Declension of men
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menin menir menirnar
accusative men menina menir menirnar
dative men menini menum menunum
genitive menar menarinnar mena menanna
f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative men menin menar menarnar
Accusative men menina menar menarnar
Dative men menini menum menunum
Genitive menar menarinnar mena menanna
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Danish men derived from Old Norse meðan (“while”).

ConjunctionEdit

men

  1. but

FulaEdit

PronounEdit

men

  1. first person plural exclusive;short form we, us

Usage notesEdit

Dialectal variantsEdit

  • min (Pulaar, Adamawa, Dageeja, Fouta-toro, Liptaako, Sokoto, Zaria, Gombe)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French main (“hand”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men

  1. hand

Etymology 2Edit

From French mais (“but”).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

men

  1. but

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse men, from Proto-Germanic *manją. Compare Old English mene.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men n (genitive singular mens, nominative plural men)

  1. necklace, especially one with a pendant

DeclensionEdit

declension of men
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menið men menin
accusative men menið men menin
dative meni meninu menum menunum
genitive mens mensins mena menanna

Derived termsEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: mén

AdverbEdit

men (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of meno

ContractionEdit

men

  1. (literary, archaic) Contraction of me ne.
    • 1723, Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎[2], Milan: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini, Santi Franchi, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, Book I, page 9:
      Men vo alle navi, appo aver fatte in guerra ¶ ben gravi, e dure, e faticose imprese
      I return to the ships, after grave, hard and laborious war endeavours

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

men

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めん

Louisiana CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French main (“hand”).

NounEdit

men

  1. hand

MacaguánEdit

NounEdit

men

  1. water
  2. river

ReferencesEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

men (men5 / men0, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄣ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 們／们

men

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mén.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mèn.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

An unstressed variety of man.

PronounEdit

men

  1. someone
  2. one, they, you, people; impersonal pronoun.

InflectionEdit

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: men
  • Limburgish: me

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

men

  1. Alternative form of man (“one, you”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English menn, plural of mann, from Proto-Germanic *manniz, plural of *mann-.

NounEdit

men

  1. plural of mon (“man”)

MòchenoEdit

EtymologyEdit

An unstressed pronunciation of mònn (“man”). Compare German man, Dutch men for a similar construct.

PronounEdit

men

  1. one, you (indefinite pronoun)
    Bou mu men parkiarn? ― Where can you park?

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

ConjunctionEdit

men

  1. But, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
  2. though
  3. only
    Han er en fin kar, men han snakker litt for mye. – He is a nice guy, but he talks a bit too much.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse mein.

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

men

  1. damage; injury (also mén)
  2. permanent disability
  3. difficulty; drawback

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

men

  1. imperative of mene

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

ConjunctionEdit

men

  1. but, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
  2. though
  3. only

Etymology 2Edit

From men.

NounEdit

men n (definite singular menet, uncountable)

  1. difficulty

ReferencesEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *manją. Cognate with Old English mene.

NounEdit

men n (genitive mens, plural men)

  1. necklace

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of men (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menit men menin
accusative men menit men menin
dative meni meninu menjum menjunum
genitive mens mensins menja menjanna

Derived termsEdit

PohnpeianEdit

VerbEdit

men

  1. to want

SalarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *ben.

PronounEdit

men

  1. First singular personal pronoun; I.

DeclensionEdit

declension of men
singular plural
nominative men piser
genitive miniği piserniği
dative maña pisere
definite accusative mini piserni
locative mende piserde
ablative menden piserden

See alsoEdit

Salar personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person men piser
2nd person sen seler
3rd person u ular


ReferencesEdit

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “men”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 224
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “men”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, page 53
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014), “men”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 111
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “men”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 180
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[3], China Salar Youth League, page 43


SherbroEdit

NounEdit

men (plural menti)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) water

ReferencesEdit

  • James Frederick Schön, James Frederick Schön, Sherbro Vocabulary (1839), page 24

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

men m pl

  1. plural of man
  2. (Peru, colloquial) dude

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

men

  1. Romanization of 𒃞 (men)

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish men, from Middle Low German men, man (“but, only”), probably from Old Saxon niwan; possibly under the influence of Old Swedish men (“while, during”) (modern Swedish medan, medans, mens). Cognate with modern Low German man.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

men

  1. but; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
  2. yet, but, however
    John har bott i staden i fem år, men aldrig besökt slottet.
    John has lived in the city for five years, yet never visited the castle.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse mein, cognate with Icelandic mein, Norwegian mein, Old Saxon mēn, Old English mān; cognate with Icelandic meinn (“which causes injury”), Old English mǣne (“evil, deceptive”, adj), Lithuanian maĭnas (“change”, noun), Proto-Slavic *měna (“change”, noun); from the Proto-Indo-European root *mei- (“to switch”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men n

  1. a handicap, long-time remnant of a physical or mental injury, which affects a person negatively
DeclensionEdit
Declension of men 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative men menet men menen
Genitive mens menets mens menens
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit

TurkmenEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).

PronounEdit

men

  1. (personal) I

DeclensionEdit

Declension of men
singular plural
nominative men biz
accusative meni bizi
genitive meniň biziň
dative maňa bize
locative mende bizde
ablative menden bizden

See alsoEdit

Turkmen personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni meniň maňa mende menden
2nd person sen seni seniň saňa sende senden
3rd person ol ony onuň oňa onda ondan
plural 1st person biz bizi biziň bize bizde bizden
2nd person siz sizi siziň size sizde sizden
3rd person olar olary olaryň olara olarda olardan

UyghurEdit

PronounEdit

men

  1. Latin (ULY) transcription of مەن‎ (men)

UzbekEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic мен (men)‍
Latin men‍
Perso-Arabic

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

PronounEdit

men

  1. (personal) I

DeclensionEdit

Declension of men
singular plural
nominative men menlar
genitive menning menlarning
dative menga menlarga
definite accusative menni menlarni
locative menda menlarda
ablative mendan menlardan
Possessive forms of men
my singular plural
nominative menim menlarim
genitive menimning menlarimning
dative menimga menlarimga
definite accusative menimni menlarimni
locative menimda menlarimda
ablative menimdan menlarimdan
your singular plural
nominative mening menlaring
genitive meningning menlaringning
dative meningga menlaringga
definite accusative meningni menlaringni
locative meningda menlaringda
ablative meningdan menlaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative meni menlari
genitive menining menlarining
dative meniga menlariga
definite accusative menini menlarini
locative menida menlarida
ablative menidan menlaridan
our singular plural
nominative menimiz menlarimiz
genitive menimizning menlarimizning
dative menimizga menlarimizga
definite accusative menimizni menlarimizni
locative menimizda menlarimizda
ablative menimizdan menlarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative meningiz menlaringiz
genitive meningizning menlaringizning
dative meningizga menlaringizga
definite accusative meningizni menlaringizni
locative meningizda menlaringizda
ablative meningizdan menlaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative meni menlari
genitive menining menlarining
dative meniga menlariga
definite accusative menini menlarini
locative menida menlarida
ablative menidan menlaridan

See alsoEdit

Uzbek personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni mening menga menda mendan
2nd person sen seni sening senga senda sendan
3rd person u uni uning unga unda undan
plural 1st person biz bizni bizning bizga bizda bizdan
2nd person siz sizni sizning sizga sizda sizdan
3rd person ular ularni ularning ularga ularda ulardan

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Vietic *-mɛːn.

NounEdit

men • (𥽔, 𥾃)

  1. yeast
  2. (biochemistry) enzyme
  3. alcohol (in terms of its euphorigenic or intoxicating effects)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

men

  1. enamel
  2. (ceramics) glaze

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

men

  1. to approach, to go along
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

AnagramsEdit

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Mann and English man, both from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men

  1. man (male or female), human, human being

DeclensionEdit

declension of men
singular plural
nominative men mens
genitive mena menas
dative mene menes
accusative meni menis
vocative 1 o men! o mens!
predicative 2 menu menus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

HyponymsEdit

  • cil (“child”)
  • himen (“male human”)
  • jimen (“female human”)

WutunhuaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Mandarin 門／门.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

men

  1. door
    men kai-di-li.
    The door is kept open.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 182)

ReferencesEdit

  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[4], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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