-men

See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

English

Etymology

From men, plural of man.

Suffix

-men

1. plural of -man

   horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /men/, [mɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /men/, [mɛn]

Suffix

-men n (genitive -minis); third declension

1. forms neuter nouns of the third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-men	-mina
Genitive	-minis	-minum
Dative	-minī	-minibus
Accusative	-men	-mina
Ablative	-mine	-minibus
Vocative	-men	-mina

Derived terms

Latin words suffixed with -men

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Occitan

Suffix

-men

1. Alternative form of -ment

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Old Occitan

Examples
lonc (“long”) feminine lonja adverb lonjamen (“for a long time”).

Alternative forms

• -ment

Etymology

From Late Latin -mente.

Suffix

-men

1. Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.