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Men Definition

men

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English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English menn (“men, people, human beings collectively”), plural of mann (“man”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

men

  1. Plural form of man.
  2. (collectively) (The) people, humanity

Quotations

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Basque

Noun

men

  1. A command

Crimean Tatar

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 *mainan (“damage, hurt, injustice, sin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. injury

Etymology 2

This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this word, please add it to the page as described here.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

men

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

An unstressed variety of man.

Pronoun

men

  1. (indefinite) One, they, (the) people; indefinite third-person singular pronoun: Men zegt dat... (People say that...; It is said that...)
  2. All humanity, everyone; public opinion.
Related terms

Etymology 2

origin unclear

Verb

men

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

Faroese

Pronunciation 1

Noun

men f.

  1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord
Declension
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
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

Pronunciation 2

Conjunction

men

  1. but

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French main (“hand”).

Noun

men

  1. hand

Italian

Adverb

men

  1. apocopic form of meno

Japanese

Noun

men (hiragana めん)

  1. 麺: A noodle
  2. 綿: The material cotton
  3. 面: A face

Lojban

Rafsi

men

  1. Rafsi of menli.

Mandarin

Romanization

men

  1. 們, 们: a suffix indicating plural for pronouns and human nouns

Romanization

men

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

Usage notes

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Via Swedish and Danish men, from 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.

Noun

men

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

Alternative forms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Via Swedish and Danish men, from 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.

Noun

men

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

Alternative forms

Swedish

Etymology 1

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).

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

Like Icelandic and Norwegian mein, Old Saxon mēn, Old English mān; cognate of Icelandic meinn ’which causes injury’ (adjective), Old English mĕn, mæ̆ne ’evil, deceptive’ (adjective), Lithuanian maĭnas ’change’ (noun), Proto-Slavic měna ’change’ (noun); from the Indo-European root mei- ’switch’ (verb).

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
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menet men menen
genitive mens menets mens menens
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Turkmen

Pronoun

men

  1. (personal) I

Declension

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

See also

Turkmen personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person men biz
2nd person familiar sen siz
polite siz
3rd person ol olar

 

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