English Explanatory Dictionary

men

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of man
noun
  1. (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
  2. Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
noun
  1. Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
name
  1. A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.

Pronunciation

/mɛn/ en-us-men.ogg /mɪn/

Word forms

men Mens

Etymology

From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.

Related words

mennish

Derived words

antimen formenism man among men menfolk menfolks meninism meninist menkind menless menstealer menswear Menver merby smartman three-men-in-a-boat
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