different between mens vs miens

English

Etymology 1

Noun

mens

1. Misspelling of men's.

Etymology 2

Noun

mens

1. (nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of men (“plural of man”)

See also

• menz

Anagrams

• NEMS, nems

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mens, from Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ns/

Noun

mens (plural mense)

1. person; human being

Pronoun

mens

1. one (indefinite pronoun)

   Synonym: 'n mens

Danish

Alternative forms

• (dated) medens

Etymology

From Old Norse meðan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ns/, [m?ns]

Conjunction

mens

1. while (during the same time that)
2. while (although)
3. whereas

Related terms

• imens

References

• “mens” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• mensch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ns/
• Hyphenation: mens
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

mens m (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)

1. human, any member of the species Homo sapiens

   De mens is van nature een politiek dier.

   Man is by nature a political animal.

   Ik ben ook maar een mens!

   I'm only human!

2. person

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (person): persoon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mens

Noun

mens n (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)

1. (informal, derogatory) woman

   Dat mens werkt me echt op de zenuwen.

   That woman really annoys me.

Synonyms

• (woman): secreet, wijf

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/

Verb

mens

1. first-person singular present indicative of mentir
2. second-person singular present indicative of mentir
3. second-person singular imperative of mentir

Ladin

Alternative forms

• mëns, meis

Etymology

From Latin mensis.

Noun

mens m (plural mensc)

1. month

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit ??? (matí), ????????? (autómatos), ?????? (mántis), Russian ????? (mnit?, “to think”), Old English ?emynd (whence English mind).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mens/, [m??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mens/, [m?ns]

Noun

m?ns f (genitive mentis); third declension

1. mind
2. intellect, reason
3. reasoning, judgement
4. heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)
5. disposition

Usage notes

In most classical Latin, the ablative singular mente was used with a feminine adjective to form a phrasal adverb that expressed a person's state of mind, such as v?l?c? mente (“quick-mindedly, with a quick mind”):

• 1st century BCE, Catullus, poem 8, line 11:

• 29-19 BCE, Virgil, Aenid, book 4, line 105:

In Late Latin, this construction began to be extended to other adjectives and uses as well, and in Vulgar Latin and the later Romance languages, it became a general adverbial suffix.

• 8th century, Reichenau Glosses:

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

From the noun itself:

From the ablative mente, used as an adverbial suffix:

References

• mens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• mens in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• mens in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meðan

Conjunction

mens

1. while

See also

• medan (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

mens m (definite singular mensen, indefinite plural mens or menser, definite plural mensene)

1. short for menstruasjon (menstruation), a monthly period.

References

• “mens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mens m (definite singular mensen, indefinite plural mensar, definite plural mensane)

1. short for menstruasjon (menstruation), a monthly period.

References

• “mens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin minus.

Adverb

mens

1. less

   Antonyms: mai, pus

Derived terms

• almens
• mai o mens
• pasmens

Swedish

Etymology 1

Syncopic form of medans, in turn a colloquial form of medan (“while”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?s/
• Rhymes: -?n?s
• Homophone: mäns

Conjunction

mens

1. (colloquial) while

   Synonyms: medan, (colloquial) medans

Etymology 2

Clipping of menstruation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?s/
• Rhymes: -?n?s
• Homophone: mäns

Noun

mens c

1. menstruation, period

Declension

See also

• lingonvecka

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?ns/
• Rhymes: -e?ns

Noun

mens

1. indefinite genitive singular of men
2. indefinite genitive plural of men

Volapük

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mens/

Noun

mens

1. people

English

Noun

miens

1. plural of mien

Anagrams

• Nîmes, mines, minse

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mj??/

Adjective

miens

1. (archaic) masculine plural of mien (“my”)

Derived terms

• les miens (“mine”)

Further reading

• “miens” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mines