men

Clipping of English Mende.

men

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mende (Sierra Leone) terms

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.

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /mɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn
  • Homophone: min

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.

men pl (plural only)

1. (collective, dated, fantasy) (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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:men.

• mennish

men

1. A command

men

1. softer form of fakkun (“very”)

From Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Cognate with Welsh maen.

men m (plural meyn)

1. stone

• This word mutates irregularly to veyn in the plural after the definite article. It shares this behaviour with margh (“horse”) and no other word.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly from Etymology 1.”)

men

1. eager
2. fluent
3. outspoken
4. vigorous

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

men

1. I

• “men”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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

• IPA^(key): /meːn/, [meːˀn]

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

1. injury

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/, [men]

men

1. but
2. (as a noun) but, catch, hitch, snag

   Jeg kan høre, der er et men.

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/, /mə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: men
• Rhymes: -ɛn, -ən

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

• 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).

• iemand
• niemand

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

men

1. inflection of mennen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See møna

• IPA^(key): [meːn] (noun)
• IPA^(key): [mɛnː] (conjunction)

  Homophone: menn

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

1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord

• (common) møna

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

men

1. but

men (Pular)

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

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

• enen
• menen
• meɗen
• hiɗen

• 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^[4], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

From French main (“hand”).

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃/

men

1. hand

From French mais (“but”).

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃/

men

1. but

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːn/
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

men n (genitive singular mens, nominative plural men)

1. necklace, especially one with a pendant

• hálsmen (“pendant necklace”)

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

men (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of meno

• See also: in men che niente, in men che non si dica

men

1. (literary, archaic) contraction of me +‎ ne
   • 1723, Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎^[5], 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

men

1. Rōmaji transcription of めん

men

1. Latin spelling of мен (men, “I”)

men

1. Latin spelling of мен (men, “and”)

From French main (“hand”).

men

1. hand

men

1. water
2. river

• Edgar Buenaventura, Observaciones preliminares acerca del idioma macaguán: Apuntes culturales, fonología, apuntes gramaticales, vocabulário macaguán – español (1993)

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
4. nonstandard spelling of mê̄n

• 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. ㄝ (/⁠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 ㄜ (-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.

An unstressed variety of man.

men

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

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: men
• Limburgish: me

• “men”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “men (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

men

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

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

As a genitive plural, either an extension of the nominative or accusative plural or (in Northern Middle English) a reduction of menne.

• menne (Late Middle English)

men

1. plural of man (“man”)
2. (uncommon) genitive plural of man (“man”)^[1]

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

men

1. one, you (indefinite pronoun)

   Bou mu men parkiarn? ― Where can you park?

• “men” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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

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.

From Old Norse mein.

• mein

men

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

men

1. imperative of mene

• IPA^(key): /mɛnː/
• Homophone: menn

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

men

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

From men.

men n (definite singular menet, uncountable)

1. difficulty

• “men” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

men

1. inflection of man:
   1. dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

From Proto-Celtic *menā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“to trample, tread”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲen/

men f (genitive mine)

1. flour, meal

• Middle Irish: min (from the dative/accusative)
  • Irish: min
  • Manx: meinn
  • Scottish Gaelic: min

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Germanic *manją. Cognate with Old English mene, Old Saxon meni (in halsmeni).

men n (genitive mens, plural men)

1. necklace

• Brísingamen
• menglǫtuðr (“ring-destroyer; kenning for a wealthy ruler”)

men

1. to want

From Proto-Turkic *ben.

men

1. First singular personal pronoun; I.

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “men”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 224
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “men”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[6], 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]‎^[7], 1^st 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] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 180
• 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎^[8], China Salar Youth League, page 43

men (plural menti)

1. (chiefly in the plural) water

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen/ [ˈmẽn]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: men

Borrowed from English men.

men m pl

1. plural of man

men m (plural men)

1. alternative form of man

men

1. romanization of 𒃞 (men)

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.

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnː

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.

• om och men

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”, adjective), Lithuanian maĭnas (“change”, noun), Proto-Slavic *měna (“change”, noun); from the Proto-Indo-European root *mei- (“to switch”).

• IPA^(key): /meːn/

men n

1. a handicap, long-time remnant of a physical or mental injury, which affects a person negatively

• menlös

• lyte och men

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

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منع (menʾ, “a preventing, hindering, hindrance, a forbidding, prohibition”),^[1][2] from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ, “prevention”), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to hinder, to prevent, to repel”).^[3]

men (definite accusative meni, plural menler)

1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding

   Synonym: yasaklama

2. An act of preventing, hindering

   Synonyms: engel olma, önleme

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I, me”).^[4][5]

men

1. (dialectal) I, me

   Synonym: (standard) ben

• “men”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “men”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3132

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

men

1. (personal) I

• “men” in Enedilim.com
• “men” in Webonary.org

men

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

Inherited from Chagatai مین (men), من (män), from Proto-Turkic *be-n (“I”). Cognate with Uyghur مەن / men / мән; Turkish ben; Old Turkic 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /⁠bän⁠/); etc.

• IPA^(key): /men/, [men]
• (Khorasm) IPA^(key): /mɛn/
• Hyphenation: men

men

1. (personal) I

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˧˧]

From Proto-Vietic *-mɛːn.

men • (綿, 𥽔, 𥾃)

1. yeast
2. (biochemistry) enzyme
3. alcohol (in terms of its euphorigenic or intoxicating effects)
   • 2025, “Gã Săn Cá”, MaiQuinn, Saabirose, Lâm Bảo Ngọc, Quỳnh Anh Shyn, (music)‎^[9] ft. Quang Hùng MasterD:

     ♂: Giọt nước mắt tủi hờn
     Chực chờ rơi xuống
     Chút buồn em pha với men
     Đến chiều tà em lại uống

     Tears of resentment
     About to fall
     A little sadness you mix with alcohol
     At dusk you drink again

men

1. enamel
2. (ceramics) glaze

men • (綿, 眠)

1. to approach, to go along

• nem

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

• IPA^(key): /men/

men

1. man (male or female), human, human being
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:

     Blod mena at binom sudik.

     The brother of this man is deaf.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/

men f (plural menni or mennau)

1. (vehicles) cart, wagon

• Men Carl, Men Siarlmaen, Men Siarlys (“Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper”)

• 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

From Mandarin 門／门.

• IPA^(key): [mə̃]

men

1. door

   men kai-di-li.

   The door is kept open.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 182)

• 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^[10], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN