Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Quotations
    • 1.3.2 Translations
• 2 Basque
  • 2.1 Noun
• 3 Crimean Tatar
  • 3.1 Pronoun
• 4 Danish
  • 4.1 Conjunction
• 5 Dutch
  • 5.1 Etymology 1
    • 5.1.1 Pronoun
      • 5.1.1.1 Related terms
  • 5.2 Etymology 2
    • 5.2.1 Verb form
• 6 Faroese
  • 6.1 Pronunciation 1
    • 6.1.1 Noun
      • 6.1.1.1 Declension
      • 6.1.1.2 Synonyms
  • 6.2 Pronunciation 2
    • 6.2.1 Conjunction
• 7 Italian
  • 7.1 Adverb
• 8 Japanese
  • 8.1 Noun
• 9 Mandarin
  • 9.1 Suffix
  • 9.2 Pronunciation
  • 9.3 Pinyin
  • 9.4 Pinyin syllable
    • 9.4.1 Usage notes
• 10 Norwegian
  • 10.1 Etymology 1
  • 10.2 Conjunction
  • 10.3 Etymology 2
  • 10.4 Noun
    • 10.4.1 Alternative spellings
• 11 Swedish
  • 11.1 Etymology 1
    • 11.1.1 Pronunciation
    • 11.1.2 Conjunction
  • 11.2 Etymology 2
    • 11.2.1 Noun
• 12 Turkmen
  • 12.1 Pronoun
    • 12.1.1 Declension

English

Etymology

Old English menn

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛn/, SAMPA: /mEn/, Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

men pl.

1. Plural form of Man., either a male or any human
2. collective meaning: (The) people, humanity

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Basque

Noun

men

1. A command

Crimean Tatar

Pronoun

men (plural biz; possessive adjective menim)

1. (personal) I (first-person singular)

Danish

Conjunction

men

1. but

Dutch

Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with man

Pronoun

men

1. (indefinite) One, they, (the) people; indefinite third person singular pronoun: Men zegt dat... (People say that...; It is said that...)
2. All humanity, everyone; public opinion.

Related terms

• iemand
• niemand

Etymology 2

origin unclear

Verb form

root, singular - and imperative forms of mennen

Faroese

Pronunciation 1

• IPA: [meːn]

Noun

men f.

1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord

Declension

Synonyms

• (common) møna

Pronunciation 2

• IPA: [mɛnː]

Conjunction

men

1. but

Italian

Adverb

men

1. Apocopic form of meno.

Japanese

Noun

men (hiragana めん)

1. 麺: A noodle
2. 綿: The material cotton
3. 面: A face

Mandarin

Suffix

men (Pinyin men5, traditional 們, simplified 们)

1. Alternative spelling of -men.

Pronunciation

• audio^{help, file}

Pinyin

men (form of men0 or men5)

1. 们: adjunct pronoun indicate plural
2. 們: adjunct pronoun indicate plural

Pinyin syllable

men

1. Nonstandard spelling of mēn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of mén.
3. Nonstandard spelling of měn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mèn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Via Swedish and Danish men, from Old Norse meðan ("while").

Conjunction

men

1. But, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
2. though
3. only

   Han er en fin kar, men han snakker litt for mye. – He is a nice guy, but he talks a bit too much.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mein.

Noun

men

1. damage; injury (also mén)
2. permanent disability
3. difficulty; drawback

Alternative spellings

• mein

Swedish

Etymology 1

Old Swedish men, from Middle Low German men, man ’but, only’, probably from Old Saxon niwan; possibly under the influence of Old Swedish men ’while, during’ (modern Swedish: medan, medans, mens).

Pronunciation

• audio^{help, file}

Conjunction

men

1. But; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.

Etymology 2

Like Icelandic and Norwegian mein, Old Saxon mĕn, Old English măn; cognate of Icelandic meinn ’which causes injury’ (adjective), Old English mĕn, mæ̆ne ’evil, deceptive’ (adjective), Lithuanian maĭnas ’change’ (noun), Proto-Slavic měna ’change’ (noun); from the Indo-European root mei- ’switch’ (verb).

Noun

men

1. A handicap, long-time remnant of a physical or mental injury, which affects a person negatively.

Turkmen

Pronoun

men

1. (personal) I

Declension

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