Mende

See also: mende, -mende, and -mènde

English

Noun

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 m (mende)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Proper noun

Mende

1. The language of the Mende people.

Translations

language

• French: mendé (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: менде 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 ⁠

Anagrams

• Emden, Meden, emend

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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