mien
English
Etymology
From French mine (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), appearance, perhaps from Breton min (“face of an animal”), or from Latin minio (“to redden”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mien (countable and uncountable, plural miens)
- (countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:[2]
- Beauty, like all divine gifts, is everywhere to be seen by the eye of the faithful admirer of nature; and, like all spirits, she is scarcely to be described by words. Her countenance and mien, her path, her hue and carriage, often surpass expression, and soothe the enthusiast into reverie and silence.
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- 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:[2]
- (countable) A specific facial expression.
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Translations
demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer
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specific facial expression
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French mien, from Old French meon, from Latin meum, the neuter of meus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mien (feminine mienne, masculine plural miens, feminine plural miennes)
Derived terms
- le mien (“mine”)
See also
Further reading
- “mien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
mien
Usage notes
- chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context
- un mien fils
- my son
- enveierai le mien
- I will send mine
Descendants
- French: mien
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Etymology
Adjective
mien
Plautdietsch
Pronoun
mien
See also
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
mien
Noun
mien
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
mien f
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gemēne, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moynis. Cognate with German gemein, English mean, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) and Latin commūnis.
Adjective
mien
Inflection
Inflection of mien | ||||
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uninflected | mien | |||
inflected | miene | |||
comparative | miender miener | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | mien | miender miener |
it mienst it mienste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | miene | miendere mienere |
mienste |
n. sing. | mien | miender miener |
mienste | |
plural | miene | miendere mienere |
mienste | |
definite | miene | miendere mienere |
mienste | |
partitive | miens | mienders mieners |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “mien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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