mens

See also: men's

English

Noun

mens

1. Misspelling of men's.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mens.

Noun

mens ‎(plural mense)

1. person; human being

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Danish

Alternative forms

• (dated) medens

Etymology

From Old Norse meðan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛns/, [mɛns]

Conjunction

mens

1. while (during the same time that)
2. while (although)
3. whereas

Related terms

• imens

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *mennisko ‎(“a human”), a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk ‎(“human, humanlike”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz. Compare German Mensch, Swedish människa. Obsolete Dutch spelling: mensch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛns/

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Noun

mens n ‎(plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)

1. person, human

   Ik ben ook maar een mens!

   I'm only human!

2. (informal) woman

   Dat mens werkt me echt op de zenuwen.

   That woman really annoys me.

Noun

mens m ‎(uncountable)

1. human, man (as a species), humanity

   De mens is van nature een politiek dier.

   Man is by nature a political animal.

Synonyms

• (person): persoon
• (woman): sekreet, wijf

Derived terms

• menselijk
• menselijkheid

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

Verb

mens

1. first-person singular present indicative of mentir
2. second-person singular present indicative of mentir
3. second-person singular imperative of mentir

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Ladin

Alternative forms

• mëns, meis

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mens m ‎(plural mensc)

1. month

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Latin

Etymology

PIE root
*men-

From Proto-Indo-European *méntis ‎(“thought”). Cognates include Ancient Greek μένος ‎(ménos), μιμνήσκω ‎(mimnḗskō), μνήμη ‎(mnḗmē), μανίᾱ ‎(maníā), μαινάς ‎(mainás), μάντις ‎(mántis), αὐτόματος ‎(autómatos), μανθάνω ‎(manthánō), Sanskrit मति ‎(matí), Russian мнить ‎(mnitʹ, “to think”), and Old English ġemynd (English mind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːns/

Noun

mēns f ‎(genitive mentis); third declension

1. mind
2. intellect
3. reasoning, judgement

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mēns	mentēs
genitive	mentis	mentium
dative	mentī	mentibus
accusative	mentem	mentēs
ablative	mente	mentibus
vocative	mēns	mentēs

Usage notes

In most classical Latin, the ablative singular mente was used with a feminine adjective to form a phrasal adverb that expressed a person's state of mind, such as vēlōcī mente ‎(“quick-mindedly, with a quick mind”):

• 1st century BCE, Catullus, poem 8, line 11:

  sed obstinata mente perfer, obdura‎

  but with a resolved mind, endure, hold out.

• 29-19 BCE, Virgil, Aenid, book 4, line 105:

  sensit enim simulata mente locutam‎

  for she realized that (she) had spoken with false purpose.

In Late Latin, this construction began to be extended to other adjectives and uses as well, and in Vulgar Latin and the later Romance languages, it became a general adverbial suffix.

• 8th century, Reichenau Glosses:

  singulariter pro solamente‎

  singulariter for/instead of solamente

Derived terms

• āmens
• āmentia
• dēmens
• dēmentia

• mentālis
• mentiō
• mentior

Descendants

From the noun itself:

• Albanian: mendje, mend
• Aromanian: minti
• Catalan: ment
• Esperanto: menso
• Friulian: ment
• Ido: mento
• Italian: mente

• Occitan: ment
• Portuguese: mente
• Romanian: minte
• Sardinian: mente, menti
• Sicilian: menti
• Spanish: mente
• Venetian: ménte

From the ablative mente, used as an adverbial suffix:

• Catalan: -ment
• French: -ment
• Italian: -mente

• Occitan: -ment
• Portuguese: -mente
• Spanish: -mente

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Norwegian Bokmål

Preposition

mens

1. while

Noun

mens m (definite singular mensen; uncountable)

1. Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]} of menstruasjon (menstruation).

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Swedish

Conjunction

mens

1. (colloquial) while; Contraction of medan.

   Jag dukar fram frukost mens du duschar.

   I’ll arrange breakfast while you take a shower

Noun

mens c

1. Contraction of menstruation.
2. indefinite genitive singular of men
3. indefinite genitive plural of men

Declension

Declension of mens

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	mens	mensen
genitive	mens	mensens

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mens/

Noun

mens

1. people