mén

See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeːn]
• Hyphenation: mén

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin.

Noun

mén (plural mének)

1. stallion (male horse)

   Synonym: csődör

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mén	mének
accusative	mént	méneket
dative	ménnek	méneknek
instrumental	ménnel	ménekkel
causal-final	ménért	ménekért
translative	ménné	ménekké
terminative	ménig	ménekig
essive-formal	ménként	ménekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ménben	ménekben
superessive	ménen	méneken
adessive	ménnél	méneknél
illative	ménbe	ménekbe
sublative	ménre	ménekre
allative	ménhez	ménekhez
elative	ménből	ménekből
delative	ménről	ménekről
ablative	méntől	ménektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	méné	méneké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ménéi	ménekéi

Possessive forms of mén
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ménem	ménjeim
2nd person sing.	méned	ménjeid
3rd person sing.	ménje	ménjei
1st person plural	ménünk	ménjeink
2nd person plural	ménetek	ménjeitek
3rd person plural	ménjük	ménjeik

Derived terms

• ménes

Etymology 2

From a modified stem of megy +‎ -en, compare megyen.

Verb

mén

1. (dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of megy, third-person singular indicative present of megy.
   • 1863, János Arany, A Midsummer Night's Dream (translation of Shakespeare)

     Mind többre-többre mén az álkodás.

     You do advance your cunning more and more. (Literally, “the cunning goes [advances] further and further”.)

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Kaingang

Noun

mén

1. husband (married man)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˦˥]

Adjective

mén

1. small, juvenile (of a louse)

   chí mén ― a nit