Men

Noun

 * , either a male or any human
 * 1)  (The) people, humanity

Adjectives for Men
vainglorious; succeeding; smooth-shaven; trampled; deft; glowing-eyed; up-and-do-ing; fashion-minded; fallible; able-bodied; orthodox; cringing; soft-conscienced; clearwitted; pusillanimous; decayed; banished; laconic; traitorous; hackneyed; sated; childless; huge-limbed; best-informed; best-tempered; insensate; ruling.

Thesaurus
Everyman, John Doe, Public, body politic, citizenry, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, crew, employees, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, fighting force, firepower, folk, folks, force, forces, gang, general public, gentry, hands, help, hired help, male sex, man, manhood, mankind, menfolk, menfolks, nation, nationality, people, people in general, personnel, persons, polity, populace, population, public, retinue, servantry, society, staff, state, sword side, the big battalions, the help, troops, units, work force, world, you and me

Etymology
From, from menn:, plural of mann:. Cognate with Männer:,  mænd:,  män:. More at.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: رجل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 男人, 男性
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hausa: mutane
 * Hebrew: גברים (gvarím), אנשים (anashim)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: laki-laki
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, uomini
 * Japanese: 男性, 男の人, 男


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kungi
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malagasy: lehilahy
 * Maltese:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: mężczyzna, pan
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: wiraqocha
 * Romanian: domni
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: muž, páni
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tswana: banna
 * Turkish: erkerler
 * !Xóõ: ǁxàã


 * Arabic: ناس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 人們, 人们, 人
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: mensen, men (collective singular)
 * Esperanto:
 * French:, ,
 * German:, Leute
 * Hindi: लोग


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 人々
 * Korean: 사람들
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: ludzie
 * Russian: люди
 * Slovak: ľudia
 * Urdu: لوگ

Noun
men


 * 1) A command

Pronoun
men (plural biz; possessive adjective menim)


 * 1)  I (first-person singular)

Noun

 * 1) injury

Etymology 1
From mein:, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) but
 * 2)  but, catch, hitch, snag

Pronoun

 * 1)  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 1
An unstressed variety of man:.

Etymology 2
origin unclear

Noun
men


 * 1)  The spinal cord

Synonyms

 * møna

Conjunction
men


 * 1) but

Noun

 * 1) hand

Etymology
From main:.

Adverb
men



Noun

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

Suffix

 * 1) plural for pronouns and human nouns

Derived terms

 * Category:Mandarin words derived from: men (suffix) Etymology 们

Pinyin

 * 1) 们: adjunct pronoun indicate plural
 * 2) 們: adjunct pronoun indicate plural

Pinyin syllable
men



Conjunction

 * 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.

Noun

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

Etymology 1
Via Swedish and Danish, from Old Norse meðan ("while").

Etymology 2
From Old Norse mein.

Alternative forms

 * mein

Conjunction

 * 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.

Noun

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

Etymology 1
Via Swedish and Danish, from Old Norse meðan ("while").

Etymology 2
From Old Norse mein.

Alternative forms

 * mein

Conjunction

 * 1) but; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
 * 2) yet, but, however
 * John har bott i staden i fem år, men aldrig besökt slottet.
 * John has lived in the city for five years, yet never visited the castle.

Noun

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

Etymology 1
Old Swedish men, from men, man ’but, only’, probably from Old Saxon niwan; possibly under the influence of Old Swedish men ’while, during’ (modern Swedish: medan, medans, mens).

Etymology 2
Like Icelandic and Norwegian mein, Old Saxon men:, Old English man:; 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).

Related terms

 * menlös

Pronoun

 * 1)  I