men

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Wikipedia

A group of men sitting together.

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛn/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛn
  • (pin–pen merger)
    (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɪn/
  • (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɪn
  • (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: min

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 639762314, page 0105:

     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.

2. (collective) (The) people, humanity.
3. (collective, military) enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).

Quotations

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Derived terms

• man among men
• menkind
• menfolk

Related terms

• mennish

Translations

Noun

men

1. A command

Adverb

men

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) softer form of fakkun (“very”)

Etymology

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

Pronoun

men (plural biz, possessive adjective menim)

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

Inflection

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /meːn/, [meːˀn]

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

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛn/, [mɛn]

Conjunction

men

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

   Jeg kan høre, der er et men.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛn/, /mə(n)/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

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).

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

• iemand
• niemand

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

men

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [meːn]
  (noun)
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [mɛnː]
  (conjunction)

  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: menn

Noun

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

1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord

Declension

Synonyms

• (common) møna

Conjunction

men

1. but

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɜ̃/

Noun

men

1. hand

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɜ̃/

Conjunction

men

1. but

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

men n (genitive singular mens, nominative plural men)

1. necklace, especially one with a pendant

Declension

Derived terms

• hálsmen (“pendant necklace”)

Adverb

men

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Apocopic form of meno

Romanization

men

1. Rōmaji transcription of めん

Etymology

From French main (“hand”)

Noun

men

1. hand

Noun

men

1. water
2. river

References

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

Romanization

men (Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄣ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 們, 们
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of mēn.
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of mén.
4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of měn.
5. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of mèn.

Usage notes

• 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.

Etymology

An unstressed variety of man.

Pronoun

men

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

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: men
• Limburgish: me

Further reading

• “men”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek‎^[1], 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J., “men (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek‎^[2], The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1885–1929, →ISBN, page I

Etymology 1

From Old English man.

Pronoun

men

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of man

References

• “men (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

men

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of mon

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

• mein

Noun

men

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

Etymology 3

Verb

men

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) imperative of mene

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛnː/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: menn

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

• “men” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Determiner

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1. my

Pronoun

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1. mine

Related terms

• me

Etymology

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

Noun

men n (genitive mens, plural men)

1. necklace

Declension

Derived terms

• Brísingamen

Verb

men

1. to want

Noun

men (plural menti)

1. (chiefly in the plural) water

References

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

Noun

men m pl

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of man

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

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛn/
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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, like 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

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /meːn/

Noun

men n

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

Declension

Related terms

• menlös

Etymology

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

Pronoun

men

1. (personal) I

Declension

See also

Romanization

men

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-mɛːn.

Noun

men • (𥽔, 𥾃)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

men

1. enamel

Etymology 3

Verb

men

1. to approach, to go along

Derived terms

Noun

men

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

Hyponyms

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