men
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
men
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
NounEdit
men
- 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)
- (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.
- (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
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:men.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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BasqueEdit
NounEdit
men
- A command
ChuukeseEdit
AdverbEdit
men
- softer form of fakkun (“very”)
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).
PronounEdit
men (plural biz, possessive adjective menim)
- (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)
Etymology 2Edit
Same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
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
- (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
FaroeseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See møna
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
men f (genitive singular menar, plural menir or menar)
- (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
- (common) møna
Etymology 2Edit
From Danish men derived from Old Norse meðan (“while”).
ConjunctionEdit
men
FulaEdit
PronounEdit
men
Usage notesEdit
- Used in Pular.
Dialectal variantsEdit
- min (Pulaar, Adamawa, Dageeja, Fouta-toro, Liptaako, Sokoto, Zaria, Gombe)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies[1], volume 35, DOI: , pages 215-230
Haitian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
men
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
men
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse men, from Proto-Germanic *manją. Compare Old English mene.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
men n (genitive singular mens, nominative plural men)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- hálsmen (“pendant necklace”)
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
men (apocopated)
ContractionEdit
men
- (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
Louisiana CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
men
MacaguánEdit
NounEdit
men
ReferencesEdit
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 們/们
men
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
InflectionEdit
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “men”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “men (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
men
- Alternative form of man (“one, you”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English menn, plural of mann, from Proto-Germanic *manniz, plural of *mann-.
NounEdit
men
MòchenoEdit
EtymologyEdit
An unstressed pronunciation of mònn (“man”). Compare German man, Dutch men for a similar construct.
PronounEdit
men
ReferencesEdit
- “men” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).
ConjunctionEdit
men
- But, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
- though
- 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
- damage; injury (also mén)
- permanent disability
- difficulty; drawback
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
men
- imperative of mene
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).
ConjunctionEdit
men
- but, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
- though
- only
Etymology 2Edit
From men.
NounEdit
men n (definite singular menet, uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- “men” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *manją. Cognate with Old English mene.
NounEdit
men n (genitive mens, plural men)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- Brísingamen
- menglǫtuðr (“ring-destroyer; kenning for a wealthy ruler”)
PohnpeianEdit
VerbEdit
men
- to want
SalarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *ben.
PronounEdit
men
- First singular personal pronoun; I.
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
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)
ReferencesEdit
- James Frederick Schön, James Frederick Schön, Sherbro Vocabulary (1839), page 24
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
men m pl
- plural of man
- (Peru, colloquial) dude
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
men
- 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
- but; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
- 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
DeclensionEdit
Declension of men | ||||
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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
- (personal) I
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | Dative | Locative | Ablative | ||
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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
- Latin (ULY) transcription of مەن (men)
UzbekEdit
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | мен (men) |
Latin | men |
Perso-Arabic |
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).
PronounEdit
men
- (personal) I
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
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
- yeast
- (biochemistry) enzyme
- alcohol (in terms of its euphorigenic or intoxicating effects)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
men
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
men
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German Mann and English man, both from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
men
- man (male or female), human, human being
DeclensionEdit
HyponymsEdit
WutunhuaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
men
- door
- men kai-di-li.
- The door is kept open.
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