men

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Crimean Tatar 3.1 Pronoun 4 Danish 4.1 Conjunction 5 Dutch 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Pronoun 5.1.1.1 Related terms 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Verb form 6 Faroese 6.1 Pronunciation 1 6.1.1 Noun 6.1.1.1 Declension 6.1.1.2 Synonyms 6.2 Pronunciation 2 6.2.1 Conjunction 7 Italian 7.1 Adverb 8 Japanese 8.1 Noun 9 Mandarin 9.1 Suffix 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Pinyin 9.4 Pinyin syllable 9.4.1 Usage notes 10 Norwegian 10.1 Conjunction 10.2 Noun 11 Swedish 11.1 Etymology 1 11.1.1 Pronunciation 11.1.2 Conjunction 11.2 Etymology 2 11.2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English menn

[edit] Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• IPA: /mɛn/, SAMPA: /mEn/,  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɛn

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men pl.

1. Plural form of Man., either a male or any human
2. collective meaning: (The) people, humanity

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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[edit] Basque

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men

1. A command

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[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

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[edit] Danish

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men

1. but

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[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with man

[edit] 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.

[edit] Related terms

• iemand
• niemand

[edit] Etymology 2

origin unclear

[edit] Verb form

root, singular - and imperative forms of mennen

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• IPA: [meːn]

[edit] Noun

men f.

1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (common) møna

[edit] Pronunciation 2

• IPA: [mɛnː]

[edit] Conjunction

men

1. but

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[edit] Adverb

men

1. Apocopic form of meno.

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

men (hiragana めん)

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

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[edit] Mandarin

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men (Pinyin men5, traditional 們, simplified 们)

1. Alternative spelling of -men.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Pinyin

men (form of men0 or men5)

1. 们: adjunct pronoun indicate plural
2. 們: adjunct pronoun indicate plural

[edit] Pinyin syllable

men

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, mēn, mén, měn, or 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.

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[edit] Norwegian

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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] 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.

[edit] Etymology 2

Like Icelandic and Norwegian mein, Old Saxon mĕn, Old English măn; 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).

[edit] Noun

Inflection for men	Singular		Plural
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	men	menet	men	menen
Genitive	mens	menets	mens	menens

men

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