мент

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Polish menda (police officer (vulgar)).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mʲent]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ent

Noun[edit]

мент (mentm anim (genitive мента́, nominative plural менты́, genitive plural менто́в)

  1. (slang) cop
    Synonyms: му́сор (músor), лега́вый (legávyj), ляга́вый (ljagávyj), фарао́н (faraón), коп (kop)

Declension[edit]

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Ukrainian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of моме́нт (momént).

Noun[edit]

мент (mentm inan (genitive ме́нту, nominative plural ме́нти, genitive plural ме́нтів)

  1. (time) moment, instant
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Russian мент (ment).

Noun[edit]

мент (mentm pers (genitive мента́, nominative plural менти́, genitive plural менті́в)

  1. (slang) cop
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References[edit]

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “мент”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN