mention

English

Etymology

From French mention, from Latin mentiō, mentionis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnʃn̩
• IPA: /ˈmɛnʃn̩/

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Noun

mention (plural mentions)

1. A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

Translations

A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

Czech: zmínka (cs) f. Dutch: vermelding (nl) f. Finnish: maininta (fi) German: Erwähnung (de) f. Greek: αναφορά (el) (anaforá) f., μνεία (el) (mneía) f., μνημόνευση (el) (mnimónefsi) f. Icelandic: umtal (is) n.

Norwegian: omtale (no) m. Polish: wzmianka f. Scottish Gaelic: iomradh (gd) m., luaidh (gd) m. Spanish: mención (es) f. Swedish: omnämnande n.

Verb

mention (third-person singular simple present mentions, present participle mentioning, simple past and past participle mentioned)

1. To speak of something.

Derived terms

• not to mention

Translations

speak of something

Arabic: اشار الى (’ašāra íla) Chinese: 提到 (tídào) Czech: zmínit (cs) Dutch: vermelden (nl) Finnish: mainita (fi), viitata (fi) French: mentionner (fr) German: erwähnen (de) Greek: αναφέρω (el) (anaféro), μνημονεύω (el) (mnimonévo) Hungarian: megemlít (hu) Icelandic: minnast á (is), nefna (is), orða (is), geta (is), koma á framfæri (is), hafa orð á (is), vekja máls á (is), koma inn á (is), víkja að (is), drepa á (is), impra á (is) Italian: menzionare (it)

Japanese: について話す (についてはなす, ni tsuite hanasu) Korean: 말하다 (malhada) Kurdish: ناوهێنان Norwegian: omtale Bokmål: nevne (no) Nynorsk: nemne (nn) Polish: wspomnieć / wspominać Portuguese: mencionar (pt) Russian: упоминать (ru) (upominát’) Scottish Gaelic: luaidh (gd) Spanish: mencionar (es) Swedish: nämna (sv), omnämna (sv) Vietnamese: đề cập (vi)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentiō, mentionis.

Noun

mention f. (plural mentions)

1. mention (act of mentioning)
2. slogan