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meno

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Breton

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Noun

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meno

  1. idea

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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meno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of menar

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *meno. Equivalent to mennä (“to go”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeno/, [ˈme̞no̞]
  • Rhymes: -eno
  • Syllabification(key): me‧no
  • Hyphenation(key): me‧no

Noun

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meno

  1. going, course, ride (act of moving oneself)
    Synonyms: kulku, meneminen
    se on menoa nyt
    here we go
    (literally, “it is going now”)
  2. (colloquial) going, atmosphere, state of things
    Konsertissa oli hyvä meno.
    The atmosphere at the concert was great.
    • 2023, “Paha meno Pengerkadulla”, in Valeria, performed by Arppa:
      Nyt on tosi paha meno Pengerkadulla, / Joku ajaa poliiseja pakoon autolla
      Things are bad on Pengerkatu right now, / Someone running from the police with a car
  3. (in the plural) ceremony, ritual
    Synonyms: seremonia, rituaali
  4. errand, plan (to go somewhere outside one's home)
    Synonym: suunnitelma (in the plural)
    Minulla on tänään menoa.
    I have got somewhere to be today.
  5. expense, expenditure
    Synonym: kulu

Declension

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Inflection of meno (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative meno menot
genitive menon menojen
partitive menoa menoja
illative menoon menoihin
singular plural
nominative meno menot
accusative nom. meno menot
gen. menon
genitive menon menojen
partitive menoa menoja
inessive menossa menoissa
elative menosta menoista
illative menoon menoihin
adessive menolla menoilla
ablative menolta menoilta
allative menolle menoille
essive menona menoina
translative menoksi menoiksi
abessive menotta menoitta
instructive — menoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of meno (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative menoni menoni
accusative nom. menoni menoni
gen. menoni
genitive menoni menojeni
partitive menoani menojani
inessive menossani menoissani
elative menostani menoistani
illative menooni menoihini
adessive menollani menoillani
ablative menoltani menoiltani
allative menolleni menoilleni
essive menonani menoinani
translative menokseni menoikseni
abessive menottani menoittani
instructive — —
comitative — menoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative menosi menosi
accusative nom. menosi menosi
gen. menosi
genitive menosi menojesi
partitive menoasi menojasi
inessive menossasi menoissasi
elative menostasi menoistasi
illative menoosi menoihisi
adessive menollasi menoillasi
ablative menoltasi menoiltasi
allative menollesi menoillesi
essive menonasi menoinasi
translative menoksesi menoiksesi
abessive menottasi menoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — menoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative menomme menomme
accusative nom. menomme menomme
gen. menomme
genitive menomme menojemme
partitive menoamme menojamme
inessive menossamme menoissamme
elative menostamme menoistamme
illative menoomme menoihimme
adessive menollamme menoillamme
ablative menoltamme menoiltamme
allative menollemme menoillemme
essive menonamme menoinamme
translative menoksemme menoiksemme
abessive menottamme menoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — menoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative menonne menonne
accusative nom. menonne menonne
gen. menonne
genitive menonne menojenne
partitive menoanne menojanne
inessive menossanne menoissanne
elative menostanne menoistanne
illative menoonne menoihinne
adessive menollanne menoillanne
ablative menoltanne menoiltanne
allative menollenne menoillenne
essive menonanne menoinanne
translative menoksenne menoiksenne
abessive menottanne menoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — menoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative menonsa menonsa
accusative nom. menonsa menonsa
gen. menonsa
genitive menonsa menojensa
partitive menoaan
menoansa 		menojaan
menojansa
inessive menossaan
menossansa 		menoissaan
menoissansa
elative menostaan
menostansa 		menoistaan
menoistansa
illative menoonsa menoihinsa
adessive menollaan
menollansa 		menoillaan
menoillansa
ablative menoltaan
menoltansa 		menoiltaan
menoiltansa
allative menolleen
menollensa 		menoilleen
menoillensa
essive menonaan
menonansa 		menoinaan
menoinansa
translative menokseen
menoksensa 		menoikseen
menoiksensa
abessive menottaan
menottansa 		menoittaan
menoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — menoineen
menoinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈme.no/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eno
  • Hyphenation: mé‧no
  • Not a homophone of Meno (“Main, Germany”)

Etymology 1

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From Latin minus.

Adverb

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meno

  1. less
  2. (used after o) not; non-
    Synonym: no
    Se l'abbia scritto o meno rimarrà sempre un segreto.
    Whether he wrote it or not will always remain a secret.
    legalità o meno ― legality or non-legality
  3. (mathematics) minus
  4. minus (an amount of time)
    sono le cinque meno un quarto
    it is quarter to five
    (literally, “five minus a quarter”)
  5. (music) less
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Determiner

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meno

  1. less
    Ho meno tè di te. ― I have less tea than you.
    Ho meno tè che caffé. ― I have less tea than coffee.
    Ho dovuto aspettare meno di dieci minuti. ― I had to wait less than ten minutes.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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meno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of menare

Further reading

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  • meno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Karelian

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Noun

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meno

  1. course

Lithuanian

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Noun

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meno m

  1. genitive singular of mẽnas

Mokilese

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, -men (animate noun classifier/indefinite marker) +‎ -o (3rd person singular demonstrative suffix).

Determiner

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meno

  1. that (animate noun far from the speaker and listener)

Usage notes

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Meno is used only when talking about animate nouns that are far from both the speaker and the listener.

See also

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Mokilese demonstratives
general animate long piece plural
1st person
(near speaker) 		oawe mene pase kije pwiai, pwiak
2nd person
(near hearer) 		oawen menen pasen kijen pwian
3rd person
(near neither speaker nor hearer) 		oawo meno paso kijo pwiok

References

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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meno (Cyrillic spelling мено)

  1. vocative singular of mena

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /menɔ/, [ˈmenɔ]
  • Rhymes: -enɔ
  • Hyphenation: me‧no
  • Audio (Bratislava):(file)

Noun

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meno n

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun (broad sense)
    podstatné meno ― noun (narrow sense), substantive
    prídavné meno ― adjective

Declension

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Declension of meno
(pattern mesto)
singularplural
nominativemenomená
genitivemenamien
dativemenumenám
accusativemenomená
locativemenemenách
instrumentalmenommenami

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “meno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

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Verb

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meno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of menar

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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meno

  1. plural of jino

Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *meno.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meno

  1. going, moving
  2. expense
  3. business, matter, errand
  4. custom, tradition

Inflection

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Declension of meno (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meno menod
genitive meno menojõ, menoi
partitive mennoa menoitõ, menoi
illative mennosõ, menno menoisõ
inessive menoz menoiz
elative menossõ menoissõ
allative menolõ menoilõ
adessive menollõ menoillõ
ablative menoltõ menoiltõ
translative menossi menoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “meno”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *màjínò.

Noun

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meno class 6

  1. plural of lino
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