mén

See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmeːn]
  • Hyphenation: mén
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin.[1]

Noun

mén (plural mének)

  1. stallion (male horse)
    Synonyms: csődör; see also Thesaurus:ló
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative mén mének
accusative mént méneket
dative ménnek méneknek
instrumental ménnel ménekkel
causal-final ménért ménekért
translative ménné ménekké
terminative ménig ménekig
essive-formal ménként ménekként
essive-modal — —
inessive ménben ménekben
superessive ménen méneken
adessive ménnél méneknél
illative ménbe ménekbe
sublative ménre ménekre
allative ménhez ménekhez
elative ménből ménekből
delative ménről ménekről
ablative méntől ménektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 méné méneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 ménéi ménekéi
Possessive forms of mén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ménem ménjeim
2nd person sing. méned ménjeid
3rd person sing. ménje ménjei
1st person plural ménünk ménjeink
2nd person plural ménetek ménjeitek
3rd person plural ménjük ménjeik
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From a modified stem of megy +‎ -en, compare megyen.

Verb

mén

  1. (dialectal) archaic third-person singular indicative present form of megy
    Synonyms: megy, megyen
    • 1863, János Arany, A Midsummer Night's Dream (translation of Shakespeare)
      Mind többre-többre mén az álkodás.
      You do advance your cunning more and more.
      Literally, “the cunning goes [advances] further and further”.

References
  1. mén in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • (stallion): mén in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (verb form): mén in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Kaingang

Noun

mén

  1. husband (married man)

Mandarin

Alternative forms
  • men – nonstandard

Pronunciation
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Romanization

mén (men2, Zhuyin ㄇㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 門／门
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亷
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 們／们, 捫／扪, 扪
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樠／𣗊
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汫
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璊／𫞩
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞒
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞓／𰥛
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穈
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菛
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虋
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍆／钔
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閅／𮤫

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

mén

  1. small, juvenile (of a louse)
    chí mén ― a nit

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