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-men

-men

See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

English

Suffix

-men

  1. Persons who are experts in an area; e.g. horsemen, sportsmen.
  2. Persons who are employed or hold a position in an area; e.g lawmen, newsmen.
  3. Persons who have special characteristics relating to an area, e.g. freemen, icemen, supermen.
  4. In certain cases, persons who derives from a particular nationality; e.g. Scotsmen, Chinamen.

Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-men n (genitive -minis); third declension

  1. forms neuter nouns of the third declension

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative -men -mina
genitive -minis -minum
dative -minī -minibus
accusative -men -mina
ablative -mine -minibus
vocative -men -mina

Derived terms

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Occitan

Suffix

-men

  1. Alternative form of -ment

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin -mente.

Examples

lonc (long)
feminine lonja
adverb lonjamen (for a long time).

Suffix

-men

  1. Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.