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men¹

  • /mɛn/
  • /mɪn/ pin pen merger

Sounds like min · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn

Where it comes from

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.

noun

  1. plural plural of man This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

noun

  1. collective, dated, plural, plural only (The) people, humanity, man(kind). We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
  2. collective, dated, plural, plural only Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers). "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.

MEN²

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia

Men³

proper noun

  1. A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.

proper noun Mens

  1. A surname.

proper noun

  1. The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, mankind, humankind, boy, masculine, male, teenager, women, guys, dudes, husband, folks, lovable

Translations

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noun human people

한국어사람들 saramdeul
日本語人々 hitobito
中文人們 /人们 rénmen, 人 rén
हिन्दीलोग log
Kiswahiliwabinadamu
Portuguêshomens
Françaisgens, hommes, on
DeutschMenschen, Leute
Italianogenti
Ελληνικάάνθρωποι ánthropoi
Românăoameni
Русскийлю́ди ljúdi
العربيةنَاس nās

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@misc{men_2026,
  title = {men},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/men},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}