"men" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪn/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: en-us-men.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɪn 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|men}} Middle English men, {{inh|en|ang|menn|t=people}} Old English menn (“people”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*manniz}} Proto-Germanic *manniz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*mann-|t=person}} Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”), {{cog|de|Männer||men}} German Männer (“men”), {{cog|da|mænd||men}} Danish mænd (“men”), {{cog|sv|män||men}} Swedish män (“men”), {{l|en|man}} man Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} men
  1. plural of man Tags: form-of, plural Form of: man
    Sense id: en-men-en-noun-0cp6VViK Categories (other): English plurals in -men with singular in -man

Noun

IPA: /mɪn/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: en-us-men.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɪn 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|men}} Middle English men, {{inh|en|ang|menn|t=people}} Old English menn (“people”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*manniz}} Proto-Germanic *manniz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*mann-|t=person}} Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”), {{cog|de|Männer||men}} German Männer (“men”), {{cog|da|mænd||men}} Danish mænd (“men”), {{cog|sv|män||men}} Swedish män (“men”), {{l|en|man}} man Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} men pl (plural only)
  1. (collective, dated) (The) people, humanity, man(kind). Tags: collective, dated, plural, plural-only Translations (human people): نَاس (nās) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), homes [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 人們 (Chinese Mandarin), 人们 (rénmen) (Chinese Mandarin), (rén) (Chinese Mandarin), lidé [masculine, plural] (Czech), mensen [masculine, plural] (Dutch), men [collective, singular] (Dutch), homoj (Esperanto), gens [masculine, plural] (French), hommes [masculine, plural] (French), on (French), Menschen [masculine, plural] (German), Leute [masculine, plural] (German), άνθρωπος (ánthropos) [masculine] (Greek), लोग (log) [plural] (Hindi), genti [masculine, plural] (Italian), 人々 (hitobito) (alt: ひとびと) (Japanese), 사람들 (saramdeul) (Korean), homines [masculine, plural] (Latin), луѓе (luǵe) (Macedonian), 'iipash (Maricopa), òmes [masculine, plural] (Occitan), òmis [masculine, plural] (Occitan), ludzie [plural] (Polish), homens [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), oameni [masculine, plural] (Romanian), лю́ди (ljúdi) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ľudia [masculine, plural] (Slovak), rag (Somali), لوگ (log) [plural] (Urdu), kishilar (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-men-en-noun-mnGKfLyK Disambiguation of 'human people': 70 30
  2. (collective, military) Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers). Tags: collective, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-men-en-noun-nxC6ERIw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 93 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 37 10 53 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: man among men, menkind, menfolk, three-men-in-a-boat Related terms: mennish

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      "expansion": "man",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      ],
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          "word": "man"
        }
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        "plural of man"
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          "man",
          "man#English"
        ]
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        "pin-pen-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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      "audio": "en-us-men.ogg",
      "audio-ipa": "/mɛn/",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/En-us-men.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "men"
  ],
  "word": "men"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English pluralia tantum",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛn",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛn/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪn"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "man among men"
    },
    {
      "word": "menkind"
    },
    {
      "word": "menfolk"
    },
    {
      "word": "three-men-in-a-boat"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "men"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English men",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "menn",
        "t": "people"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English menn (“people”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*manniz"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mann-",
        "t": "person"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Männer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "men"
      },
      "expansion": "German Männer (“men”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "mænd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "men"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish mænd (“men”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "män",
        "3": "",
        "4": "men"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish män (“men”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "man",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "mennish"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English collective nouns",
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1776, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(The) people, humanity, man(kind)."
      ],
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          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "humanity",
          "humanity"
        ],
        [
          "man(kind)",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
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        "(collective, dated) (The) people, humanity, man(kind)."
      ],
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        "dated",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English collective nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600,\" the lieutenant said to his sergeant.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers)."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Enlisted",
          "enlisted"
        ],
        [
          "personnel",
          "personnel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collective, military) Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "pin-pen-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "min"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-men.ogg",
      "audio-ipa": "/mɛn/",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/En-us-men.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nās",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "نَاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "homes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "人們"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rénmen",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "人们"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rén",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lidé"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mensen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "men"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "homoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hommes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "on"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Menschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Leute"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánthropos",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άνθρωπος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "log",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "लोग"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "genti"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとびと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitobito",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "人々"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saramdeul",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "사람들"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "homines"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "luǵe",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "луѓе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrc",
      "lang": "Maricopa",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "'iipash"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "òmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "òmis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ludzie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "homens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "oameni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljúdi",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "лю́ди"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ľudia"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "rag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "log",
      "sense": "human people",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "لوگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "human people",
      "word": "kishilar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "men"
  ],
  "word": "men"
}

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