Meanings
men1
- pluralplural 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.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- collectivedatedpluralplural onlyfantasy(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.
1776 July 4, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
MEN2
- abbreviationacronymAcronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
Men3
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*mann-“person”
- Proto-Germanic*manniz
- Old Englishmenn“people”
- Middle Englishmen
- Englishmen
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَاس
- نَاس (nās)human people
Catalan homes
- homeshuman people
Chinese Mandarin 人們 /人们, 人
- 人們 /人们 (rénmen)human people
- 人 (rén)human people
Czech lidé
- lidéhuman people
Dutch mensen, men
- mensenhuman people
- menhuman people
Esperanto homoj
- homojhuman people
Estonian inimesed, rahvas
- inimesedhuman people
- rahvashuman people
Finnish ihmiset
- ihmisethuman people
French gens, hommes
- genshuman people
- hommeshuman people
- onhuman people
German Menschen, Leute
- Menschenhuman people
- Leutehuman people
Greek άνθρωποι
- άνθρωποι (ánthropoi)human people
Hindi लोग
- लोग (log)human people
Italian genti
- gentihuman people
Japanese 人々
- 人々 (hitobito)human people
Korean 사람들
- 사람들 (saramdeul)human people
Latin homines
- homineshuman people
Polish ludzie
- ludziehuman people
Portuguese homens
- homenshuman people
Romanian oameni
- oamenihuman people
Russian лю́ди
- лю́ди (ljúdi)human people
Slovak ľudia
- ľudiahuman people
Swahili wabinadamu
- wabinadamuhuman people
Urdu لوگ
- لوگ (log)human people
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with men
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Cite this entry
men. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/men
“men.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/men. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “men,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/men.
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