"-men" meaning in All languages combined

See -men on Wiktionary

Suffix [Basque]

Head templates: {{head|eu|suffix}} -men
  1. sense, capacity Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-eu-suffix-Va6KFtGr
  2. Forming nouns expressing an action Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-eu-suffix-zr6NUnn2 Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Suffix [English]

Etymology: From men, plural of man. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix form}} -men
  1. plural of -man Tags: form-of, morpheme, plural Form of: -man

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: /men/ [Classical], [mɛn] [Classical], /men/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [mɛn] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-men}} Proto-Italic *-men, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-mn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-men<3>}} Forms: -minis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -men [nominative, singular], -mina [nominative, plural], -minis [genitive, singular], -minum [genitive, plural], -minī [dative, singular], -minibus [dative, plural], -men [accusative, singular], -mina [accusative, plural], -mine [ablative, singular], -minibus [ablative, plural], -men [singular, vocative], -mina [plural, vocative]
  1. forms neuter nouns of the third declension, generally with senses along the lines of 'a means of doing something' Tags: declension-3, morpheme, neuter
    Sense id: en--men-la-suffix-wH7ND2Pq Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension

Suffix [Mokilese]

Head templates: {{head|mkj|suffix}} -men
  1. Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-mkj-suffix-O6V8rZ9y Categories (other): Mokilese entries with incorrect language header, Mokilese terms suffixed with -men Disambiguation of Mokilese entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Mokilese terms suffixed with -men: 64 36 Related terms: -e, -kai, -en, -n, -kan, -o, -ok, -u, -ew, -oaw, -pas, -kij, -pwi, -wa
  2. Indefinite suffix for animate nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-mkj-suffix-24fp~83B

Suffix [Occitan]

Head templates: {{head|oc|suffix}} -men
  1. Alternative form of -ment Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -ment
    Sense id: en--men-oc-suffix-M-I0RWki Categories (other): Occitan entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Old Occitan]

Etymology: From Late Latin -mente. Etymology templates: {{inh|pro|LL.|-mente}} Late Latin -mente Head templates: {{head|pro|suffix}} -men
  1. Forms adverbs from feminine adjectives. -wise, -ly Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ment
    Sense id: en--men-pro-suffix-GPVdGQ75 Categories (other): Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Turkish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -man [back-vowel-harmony], -men [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Originally from Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?], as in değirmen. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”). Sense 1 is found mainly in language reforms' coinages, and was likely influenced by German -mann and English -man. Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|ـمن|tr=-men}} Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|tr|trk-pro||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Turkic [Term?], {{inh+|tr|trk-pro|nocap=1}} inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?], {{m|tr|değirmen}} değirmen, {{der|tr|fa|ـمان|t=-like|tr=-mân}} Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”), {{langname|tr}} Turkish, {{senseno|tr|agent noun|uc=1}} Sense 1, {{der|tr|de|Mann|-mann}} German -mann, {{der|tr|en|-man}} English -man Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix}} -men
  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ci
    Sense id: en--men-tr-suffix-tr:agent_noun Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 40 8 14 15 23
  2. Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-tr-suffix-p0HIGiKO
  3. Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-tr-suffix-OjI~1dZ8
  4. Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-tr-suffix-R52cUNiY
  5. Forms nouns of communities. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--men-tr-suffix-jipuxKIl

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -men meaning in All languages combined (12.2kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From men, plural of man.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English plurals in -men with singular in -man",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-man"
        }
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        "plural of -man"
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          "-man",
          "-man#English"
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        "form-of",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "aditu (“to understand”) + -men → adimen (“intelligence”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "morpheme"
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          "text": "abiatu (“to start, begin”) + -men → abiamen (“beginning”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Forming nouns expressing an action"
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          "expansion": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
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          "expansion": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
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          "expansion": "Portuguese: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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          "expansion": "Romanian: -ime",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: -ime"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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            "3": "-umbre"
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          "expansion": "Spanish: -ambre, -umbre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Spanish: -ambre, -umbre"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*-mn̥"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "-minis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "-minum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "-minī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "-mine",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minibus",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-men",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/men/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛn]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mokilese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "64 36",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns"
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-kai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-en"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-n"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-kan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-o"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-ok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-u"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-ew"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-oaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-pas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-kij"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-pwi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40",
          "word": "-wa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "woal (“man”) + -men → woalmen (“a man”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Indefinite suffix for animate nouns"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "oc",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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          "word": "-ment"
        }
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "expansion": "Late Latin -mente",
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    }
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        {
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        }
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        ],
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}

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      "name": "inh"
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        "id": "",
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      },
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        "1": "tr",
        "2": "fa",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish",
      "name": "langname"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "agent noun",
        "uc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Sense 1",
      "name": "senseno"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Mann",
        "4": "-mann"
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      "expansion": "German -mann",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "-man"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "back-vowel-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "-men",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 8 14 15 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "öğretmek (“to teach”) + -men → öğretmen (“teacher”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "saymak (“to count”) + -men → sayman (“accounant, treasurer”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "danışmak (“to consult”) + -men → danışman (“consultant”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant"
      ],
      "id": "en--men-tr-suffix-tr:agent_noun",
      "links": [
        [
          "agent noun",
          "agent noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "professions",
          "professions#English"
        ],
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
        [
          "-ant",
          "-ant"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "tr:agent noun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ci"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "şişmek (“to swell, get fat”) + -men → şişman (“fat”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "azmak (“overflow, overgrow”) + -men → azman (“overgrown, too big, monstrous”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots."
      ],
      "id": "en--men-tr-suffix-p0HIGiKO",
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "koca (“big”) + -men → kocaman (“huge”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "küçük (“small”) + -men → küçümen (“smaller, very small”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess."
      ],
      "id": "en--men-tr-suffix-OjI~1dZ8",
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree#English"
        ],
        [
          "excess",
          "excess#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "evcik (“small home”) + -men → evcimen (“fond of home”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion."
      ],
      "id": "en--men-tr-suffix-R52cUNiY",
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "fondness",
          "fondness#English"
        ],
        [
          "passion",
          "passion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "köle (“slave”) + -men → kölemen (“slaves”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Türk + -men → Türkmen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns of communities."
      ],
      "id": "en--men-tr-suffix-jipuxKIl",
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "communities",
          "community#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Replacement of loanwords in Turkish"
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
    "Basque lemmas",
    "Basque suffixes"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "aditu (“to understand”) + -men → adimen (“intelligence”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sense, capacity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "abiatu (“to start, begin”) + -men → abiamen (“beginning”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming nouns expressing an action"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From men, plural of man.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix form"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English plurals in -men with singular in -man",
        "English suffix forms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-man"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of -man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-man",
          "-man#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-am",
            "3": "-im",
            "4": "-um"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "-ime"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: -ime",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: -ime"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-ami",
            "3": "-imi",
            "4": "-umi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-ambre",
            "3": "-umbre"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -ambre, -umbre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -ambre, -umbre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-men"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-men",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mn̥"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.",
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    {
      "form": "-minis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-men<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter suffixes",
        "Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension",
        "Latin noun-forming suffixes",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms neuter nouns of the third declension, generally with senses along the lines of 'a means of doing something'"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/men/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛn]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Mokilese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Mokilese lemmas",
    "Mokilese suffixes",
    "Mokilese terms suffixed with -men"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mkj",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mokilese",
  "lang_code": "mkj",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kai"
    },
    {
      "word": "-en"
    },
    {
      "word": "-n"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kan"
    },
    {
      "word": "-o"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ok"
    },
    {
      "word": "-u"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ew"
    },
    {
      "word": "-oaw"
    },
    {
      "word": "-pas"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kij"
    },
    {
      "word": "-pwi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-wa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "woal (“man”) + -men → woalmen (“a man”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indefinite suffix for animate nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Occitan",
  "lang_code": "oc",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ment"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Occitan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Occitan lemmas",
        "Occitan suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ment",
          "-ment#Occitan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pro",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "-mente"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin -mente",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin -mente.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Occitan",
  "lang_code": "pro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Occitan lemmas",
        "Old Occitan suffixes",
        "Old Occitan terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Old Occitan terms inherited from Late Latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "lonja f (“long”) + -men → lonjamen (“for a long time”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adverbs from feminine adjectives. -wise, -ly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "-wise",
          "-wise"
        ],
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ment"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish lemmas",
    "Turkish suffixes",
    "Turkish terms derived from English",
    "Turkish terms derived from German",
    "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms derived from Persian",
    "Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
    "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ـمن",
        "tr": "-men"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "trk-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Turkic [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "trk-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?]",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "değirmen"
      },
      "expansion": "değirmen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "ـمان",
        "t": "-like",
        "tr": "-mân"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish",
      "name": "langname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "agent noun",
        "uc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Sense 1",
      "name": "senseno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Mann",
        "4": "-mann"
      },
      "expansion": "German -mann",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "-man"
      },
      "expansion": "English -man",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally from Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?], as in değirmen. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”). Sense 1 is found mainly in language reforms' coinages, and was likely influenced by German -mann and English -man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "back-vowel-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "öğretmek (“to teach”) + -men → öğretmen (“teacher”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "saymak (“to count”) + -men → sayman (“accounant, treasurer”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "danışmak (“to consult”) + -men → danışman (“consultant”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agent noun",
          "agent noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "professions",
          "professions#English"
        ],
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
        [
          "-ant",
          "-ant"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "tr:agent noun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ci"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "şişmek (“to swell, get fat”) + -men → şişman (“fat”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "azmak (“overflow, overgrow”) + -men → azman (“overgrown, too big, monstrous”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "koca (“big”) + -men → kocaman (“huge”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "küçük (“small”) + -men → küçümen (“smaller, very small”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree#English"
        ],
        [
          "excess",
          "excess#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "evcik (“small home”) + -men → evcimen (“fond of home”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "fondness",
          "fondness#English"
        ],
        [
          "passion",
          "passion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "köle (“slave”) + -men → kölemen (“slaves”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Türk + -men → Türkmen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns of communities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "communities",
          "community#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Replacement of loanwords in Turkish"
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "-men"
  ],
  "section": "Mokilese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-men",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "-men"
  ],
  "section": "Mokilese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-men",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'E / İ / Ö / Ü'",
  "path": [
    "-men"
  ],
  "section": "Turkish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-men",
  "trace": ""
}

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