men

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[edit] English

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Noun

men

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

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human people

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[edit] Basque

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men

  1. A command

[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Pronoun

men (plural biz; possessive adjective menim)

  1. (personal) I (first-person singular)
Inflection
object me: maña
reflexive myself: özüm
possessive mine, my: menim

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /meːn/, [meːˀn]

[edit] Noun

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

  1. injury

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɛn/, [mɛn]

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men

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

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

An unstressed variety of man.

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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.
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[edit] Etymology 2

origin unclear

[edit] Verb

men

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

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation 1

[edit] Noun

men f.

  1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord
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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
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[edit] Pronunciation 2

  • IPA: [mɛnː]

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men

  1. but

[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French main (“hand”). 

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men

  1. hand

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[edit] Adverb

men

  1. apocopic form of meno

[edit] Japanese

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men (hiragana めん)

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

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men

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

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men

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

[edit] Etymology 1

Via Swedish and Danish men, from Old Norse meðan ("while").

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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.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse mein.

[edit] Noun

men

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

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[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Etymology 1

Via Swedish and Danish men, from Old Norse meðan ("while").

[edit] 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.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse mein.

[edit] Noun

men

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

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] 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).

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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.

[edit] 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).

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[edit] Noun

men n.

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

[edit] Pronoun

men

  1. (personal) I

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] 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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