Mende

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mende"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛndi/

Etymology 1

Noun

Mende pl (plural only)

1. A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Translations

West African ethnic group

• Russian: менде (ru) m (mende)

Proper noun

Mende

1. The language of the Mende people.

Translations

language

• French: mendé (fr) m
• Russian: менде (ru) m (mende)

Adjective

Mende (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Mende people.
2. Of or pertaining to the Mende language.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mende terms
• Mende people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mende language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Mande, men ⁠

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mende.

Proper noun

Mende (plural Mendes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mende is the 34272^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 662 individuals. Mende is most common among White (79.15%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mende”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 573.
• Mende (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Mende

1. A commune, the capital of the Lozère department, Occitanie, France.

Anagrams

• Emden, Meden, emend

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mendae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδη (Méndē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.deː/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.de/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪e]

Proper noun

Mendē f sg (genitive Mendēs); first declension

1. A town of Chalcidice, colony of Eretria

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mendē
Genitive	Mendēs
Dative	Mendae
Accusative	Mendēn
Ablative	Mendē
Vocative	Mendē
Locative	Mendae

References

• Mendae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mende”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly