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Translingual

Symbol

men

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

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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A group of men sitting together.

Noun

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:
      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.

Noun

men pl (plural only)

  1. (collective, dated) (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.

Quotations

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Translations

Basque

Noun

men

  1. A command

Chuukese

Adverb

men

  1. softer form of fakkun (very)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Pronoun

men (plural biz, possessive adjective menim)

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

Inflection

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

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. injury

Etymology 2

Same origin as Old Norse meðan (while).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

men

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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 notes
  • 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 terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

men

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

Faroese

Etymology 1

See møna

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord
Declension
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
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

men

  1. but

Fula

Pronoun

men

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

Usage notes

Dialectal variants

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

See also

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French main (hand).

Pronunciation

Noun

men

  1. hand

Etymology 2

From French mais (but).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

men

  1. but

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

men n (genitive singular mens, nominative plural men)

  1. necklace, especially one with a pendant

Declension

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

men (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of meno

Contraction

men

  1. (literary, archaic) Contraction of me ne.
    • 1723, Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎, 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

Japanese

Romanization

men

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めん

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French main (hand).

Noun

men

  1. hand

Macaguán

Noun

men

  1. water
  2. river

References

Mandarin

Romanization

men (men5men0, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄣ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Romanization

men

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

Usage notes

  • 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. (/⁠ɛ⁠/) typically only occurs in syllables with an initial glide (e.g. ㄧㄝ (-ie /⁠i̯ɛ⁠/)), where it is romanized as e. When it occurs in syllables without an initial glide, however, it is romanized as ê in order to distinguish it from (-e /⁠ɤ⁠/). Such instances are rare, and are only found in interjections or neologisms.
  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

An unstressed variety of man.

Pronoun

men

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

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: men
  • Limburgish: me

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

men

  1. Alternative form of man (one, you)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

men

  1. plural of mon (man)

Mòcheno

Etymology

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

Pronoun

men

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

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

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 2

From Old Norse mein.

Alternative forms

Noun

men

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

Etymology 3

Verb

men

  1. imperative of mene

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

men

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

Etymology 2

From men.

Noun

men n (definite singular menet, uncountable)

  1. difficulty

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

men n (genitive mens, plural men)

  1. necklace

Declension

Derived terms

Pohnpeian

Verb

men

  1. to want

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben.

Pronoun

men

  1. First singular personal pronoun; I.

Declension

See also


References

  • 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, 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]‎, China Salar Youth League, page 43


Sherbro

Noun

men (plural menti)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) water

References

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

Spanish

Noun

men m pl

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

Sumerian

Romanization

men

  1. Romanization of 𒃞 (men)

Swedish

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

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 2

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

men n

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn/
  • Hyphenation: men

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منع (menʾ, a preventing, hindering, hindrance, a forbidding, prohibition), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ, prevention), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder, to prevent, to repel).

Noun

men (definite accusative meni, plural menler)

  1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding
    Synonym: yasaklama
  2. An act of preventing, hindering
    Synonyms: engel olma, önleme
Declension
Inflection
Nominative men
Definite accusative meni
Singular Plural
Nominative men menler
Definite accusative meni menleri
Dative mene menlere
Locative mende menlerde
Ablative menden menlerden
Genitive menin menlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular menim menlerim
2nd singular menin menlerin
3rd singular meni menleri
1st plural menimiz menlerimiz
2nd plural meniniz menleriniz
3rd plural menleri menleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular menimi menlerimi
2nd singular menini menlerini
3rd singular menini menlerini
1st plural menimizi menlerimizi
2nd plural meninizi menlerinizi
3rd plural menlerini menlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular menime menlerime
2nd singular menine menlerine
3rd singular menine menlerine
1st plural menimize menlerimize
2nd plural meninize menlerinize
3rd plural menlerine menlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular menimde menlerimde
2nd singular meninde menlerinde
3rd singular meninde menlerinde
1st plural menimizde menlerimizde
2nd plural meninizde menlerinizde
3rd plural menlerinde menlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular menimden menlerimden
2nd singular meninden menlerinden
3rd singular meninden menlerinden
1st plural menimizden menlerimizden
2nd plural meninizden menlerinizden
3rd plural menlerinden menlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular menimin menlerimin
2nd singular meninin menlerinin
3rd singular meninin menlerinin
1st plural menimizin menlerimizin
2nd plural meninizin menlerinizin
3rd plural menlerinin menlerinin
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ben (I, me).

Pronoun

men

  1. (dialectal) I, me
    Synonym: (standard) ben

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “منع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2006
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “منع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1235
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “men”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  5. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ben”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Turkmen

Etymology

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

Pronoun

men

  1. (personal) I

Declension

See also

Uyghur

Pronoun

men

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

Uzbek

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (I).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

men

  1. (personal) I

Declension

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-mɛːn.

Noun

men (綿, 𥽔, 𥾃)

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

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems like a borrowing from a Western language at first glance but does not hold up at closer look on phonological ground. Earliest attestation I can find is in Như Tây nhựt trình (1889).”

Noun

men

  1. enamel
  2. (ceramics) glaze

Etymology 3

Verb

men (綿, )

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

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

men

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

Declension

Hyponyms

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

Welsh

Etymology

Variant of earlier ben, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to bind).

Pronunciation

Noun

men f (plural menni or mennau)

  1. (transport) cart, wagon

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
men fen unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “men”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin .

Pronunciation

Noun

men

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

References

  • 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, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN