You can make 6 words from men according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of men
men emn mne nme enm nem
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word men. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in men.
Definitions and meaning of men
men
Translingual
Symbol
men
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mende.
Etymology
From Middle Englishmen, from Old Englishmenn(“people”), from Proto-Germanic*manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic*mann-(“person”). Cognate with GermanMänner(“men”), Danishmænd(“men”), Swedishmän(“men”). More at man.
(collective, military) Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:men.
Derived terms
man among men
menkind
menfolk
three-men-in-a-boat
Related terms
mennish
Translations
Basque
Noun
men
A command
Chuukese
Adverb
men
softer form of fakkun(“very”)
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*ben(“I”). Compare Turkishben(“I”).
Pronoun
men (pluralbiz, possessive adjectivemenim)
(personal) I (first-person singular)
Inflection
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norsemein, from Proto-Germanic*mainą(“damage, hurt, injustice, sin”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meːn/, [meːˀn]
Noun
men or ménn or c (singular definitemenetormenen, plural indefinitemen, plural definitemenene)
injury
Etymology 2
Same origin as Old Norsemeðan(“while”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛn/, [men]
Conjunction
men
but
(as a noun) but, catch, hitch, snag
Jeg kan høre, der er et men.
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛn/, /mə(n)/
Hyphenation: men
Rhymes: -ɛn, -ən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchmen, an unstressed variety of man(“man”). Accordingly, originally pronounced with [ə]; now predominantly with a full vowel [ɛ], especially in those areas where the word is chiefly literary. Compare Germanman, Middle Englishmen(indefinite pronoun).
Pronoun
men
(indefinite, subject) One, you, they, everyone; humanity, (the) people, the public opinion
Men zegt dat... ― People say that.... It is said that...
Men weet nooit wat er gaat gebeuren. ― You never know what’s going to happen.
Usage notes
When not used as a subject, men must be replaced with je(“you”) or sometimes ze(“them”).
The word as such is very common in Limburg and some other areas, where it is part of the local dialects. Elsewhere it is not downright rare but perceived as formal and predominantly replaced with je and ze even as a subject (similarly to English one).
Related terms
iemand
niemand
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993) “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies[3], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230
Haitian Creole
Etymology 1
From Frenchmain(“hand”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɜ̃/
Noun
men
hand
Etymology 2
From Frenchmais(“but”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɜ̃/
Conjunction
men
but
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norsemen, from Proto-Germanic*manją. Compare Old Englishmene.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛːn/
Rhymes: -ɛːn
Noun
menn (genitive singularmens, nominative pluralmen)
necklace, especially one with a pendant
Declension
Derived terms
hálsmen(“pendant necklace”)
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmen/
Rhymes: -en
Hyphenation: mén
Adverb
men (apocopated)
Apocopic form of meno
Contraction
men
(literary, archaic)Contraction of me ne.
Japanese
Romanization
men
Rōmaji transcription of めん
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From Frenchmain(“hand”).
Noun
men
hand
Macaguán
Noun
men
water
river
References
Edgar Buenaventura, Observaciones preliminares acerca del idioma macaguán: Apuntes culturales, fonología, apuntes gramaticales, vocabulário macaguán – español (1993)
Mandarin
Romanization
men (men5/men0, Zhuyin˙ㄇㄣ)
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 們/们
Romanization
men
Nonstandard spelling of mēn.
Nonstandard spelling of mén.
Nonstandard spelling of mèn.
Nonstandard spelling of mê̄n.
Usage notes
《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. ㄝ(/ɛ/) typically only occurs in syllables with an initial glide (e.g. ㄧㄝ(-ie/i̯ɛ/)), where it is romanized as e. When it occurs in syllables without an initial glide, however, it is romanized as ê in order to distinguish it from ㄜ(-e/ɤ/). Such instances are rare, and are only found in interjections or neologisms.
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
An unstressed variety of man.
Pronoun
men
someone
one, they, you, people; impersonal pronoun.
Inflection
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Dutch: men
Limburgish: me
Further reading
“men”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “men (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
men
Alternative form of man(“one, you”)
Etymology 2
From Old Englishmenn, plural of mann, from Proto-Germanic*manniz, plural of *mann-.
Noun
men
plural of mon(“man”)
Mòcheno
Etymology
An unstressed pronunciation of mònn(“man”). Compare Germanman, Dutchmen for a similar construct.
Pronoun
men
one, you (indefinite pronoun)
Bou mu men parkiarn? ― Where can you park?
References
“men” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan(“while”).
Conjunction
men
But, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
though
only
Han er en fin kar, men han snakker litt for mye. – He is a nice guy, but he talks a bit too much.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mein.
Alternative forms
mein
Noun
men
damage; injury (also mén)
permanent disability
difficulty; drawback
Etymology 3
Verb
men
imperative of mene
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛnː/
Homophone: menn
Etymology 1
Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan(“while”).
Conjunction
men
but, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
though
only
Etymology 2
From men.
Noun
menn (definite singularmenet, uncountable)
difficulty
References
“men” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*manją. Cognate with Old Englishmene.
Noun
menn (genitivemens, pluralmen)
necklace
Declension
Derived terms
Brísingamen
menglǫtuðr(“ring-destroyer; kenning for a wealthy ruler”)
Pohnpeian
Verb
men
to want
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*ben.
Pronoun
men
First singular personal pronoun; I.
Declension
See also
References
Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “men”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 224
林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “men”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][5], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 53
马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “men”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader][6], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 111
张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs][7], China Salar Youth League, page 43
Sherbro
Noun
men (pluralmenti)
(chiefly in the plural) water
References
James Frederick Schön, James Frederick Schön, Sherbro Vocabulary (1839), page 24
Spanish
Noun
menm pl
plural of man
(Peru, colloquial) dude
Sumerian
Romanization
men
Romanization of 𒃞(men)
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedishmen, from Middle Low Germanmen, man(“but, only”), probably from Old Saxonniwan; possibly under the influence of Old Swedishmen(“while, during”) (modern Swedishmedan, medans, mens). Cognate with modern Low Germanman.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛn/
Conjunction
men
but; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
yet, but, however
Etymology 2
From Old Norsemein, cognate with Icelandicmein, Norwegianmein, Old Saxonmēn, Old Englishmān; cognate with Icelandicmeinn(“which causes injury”), Old Englishmǣne(“evil, deceptive”, adj), Lithuanianmaĭnas(“change”, noun), Proto-Slavic*měna(“change”, noun); from the Proto-Indo-European root *mei-(“to switch”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meːn/
Noun
menn
a handicap, long-time remnant of a physical or mental injury, which affects a person negatively
Declension
Related terms
menlös
See also
lyte och men
Turkish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛn/
Hyphenation: men
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkishمنع(menʾ, “a preventing, hindering, hindrance, a forbidding, prohibition”), from Arabicمَنْع(manʕ, “prevention”), verbal noun of مَنَعَ(manaʕa, “to hinder, to prevent, to repel”).
Noun
men (definite accusativemeni, pluralmenler)
An act of prohibiting, forbidding
Synonym:yasaklama
An act of preventing, hindering
Synonyms:engel olma, önleme
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic*ben(“I, me”).
Pronoun
men
(dialectal) I, me
Synonym:(standard)ben
References
Further reading
“men”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “men”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3132
Turkmen
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*ben(“I”). Compare Turkishben(“I”).
Pronoun
men
(personal) I
Declension
See also
Uyghur
Pronoun
men
Latin (ULY) transcription of مەن(men)
Uzbek
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*ben(“I”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [mɛn]
Hyphenation: men
Pronoun
men
(personal) I
Declension
See also
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɛn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [mɛŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mɛŋ˧˧]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic*-mɛːn.
Noun
men • (綿, 𥽔, 𥾃)
yeast
(biochemistry) enzyme
alcohol (in terms of its euphorigenic or intoxicating effects)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
men
enamel
(ceramics) glaze
Etymology 3
Verb
men • (綿, 眠)
to approach, to go along
Derived terms
Anagrams
nem
Volapük
Etymology
From GermanMann and Englishman, both from Proto-Germanic*mann-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /men/
Noun
men
man (male or female), human, human being
Declension
Hyponyms
cil(“child”)
himen(“male human”)
jimen(“female human”)
Welsh
Etymology
Variant of earlier ben, from Proto-Celtic*bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-(“to bind”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛn/
Noun
menf (pluralmenniormennau)
(transport) cart, wagon
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “men”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies