English

Proper noun

Mian

1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Mian terms

Manx

Proper noun

Mian m

1. A male given name, Manx equivalent to Matthew.
2. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve disciples.

Mutation

Esperanto

Pronoun

mian

1. accusative singular of mia: my, mine

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲiənˠ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mían ‎(“desire, wish”).

Noun

mian f ‎(genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. desire, wish

Derived terms

• ainmhian ‎(“passion, lust”)
• is mian le ‎(“to want”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mían ‎(“mineral, ore”).

Noun

mian f ‎(genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. ore

Derived terms

Declension

Mutation

References

• "mian" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 mían (‘desire’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 mían (‘mineral’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Mandarin

Romanization

mian

1. Nonstandard spelling of mián.
2. Nonstandard spelling of miǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of miàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.