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mensk
English
Alternative forms
- menske, mennesc, menniske
Etymology
From an early Scandinavian form (compare Old Norse menskr (“human”)), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). Compare mannish. Cognate with Dutch mens (“human, humanity”), German Mensch (“man, human”), Danish menneske (“human”), Swedish människa (“human, human being, person”), Icelandic manneskja (“person, human being”). See also mense, mennish.
Adjective
mensk (comparative more mensk, superlative most mensk)
- (obsolete) Honourable. [14th-15th c.]
Noun
mensk (uncountable)
- (now rare, archaic, poetic) Dignity, honour. [from 13th c.]
Verb
mensk (third-person singular simple present mensks, present participle mensking, simple past and past participle mensked)
- (obsolete) To honour, dignify. [13th-16th c.]
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
- ?it I may as I my?te · menske þe with ?iftes / And mayntene þi manhode · more þan þow knoweste.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
Related terms
- mense
- mensch
Middle English
Alternative forms
- menske
Etymology
From Old Norse menskr (“human”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). Cognate with Old English mennisc (“human”). More at mennish.
Adjective
mensk
- honorable, praiseworthy; beautiful; human
- More mensk it is manliche to deie þan for to fle couwarli — William of Palerne, 1375
Noun
mensk (plural mensken)
- honor, repute; kindness, dignity, humanity; beauty, fairness
- Ase feole siðen as þu ouerkimest him, ase feole crunen, þet is to seggen, ase feole mensken of misliche murhðen. — Ancrene Wisse, c1230
- (but as many times as you overcome him, as many crowns, that is to say, so many honors of various joys.)
- Amid te menske of þi neb, þet is, þe fehereste deal … — Ancrene Wisse, c1230
- (Amid the beauty of thy face, that is, the fairest part …)
- To saue ?our mensk, I wol ?ow telle ti?tly what turn sche as wrou?t. — William of Palerne, 1375
- Ase feole siðen as þu ouerkimest him, ase feole crunen, þet is to seggen, ase feole mensken of misliche murhðen. — Ancrene Wisse, c1230
Verb
mensk (third-person singular simple present mensketh, present participle menskynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mensked)
- to honor, glorify, worship
- It sall ger hir be ful fain / To mensk oure goddes with al hir main. — Northern Homily Cycle, 1425
Related terms
- menskful
References
- mensk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Middle English Dictionary
mensk From the web:
- what country is penske in
mens
English
Etymology 1
Noun
mens
- Misspelling of men's.
Etymology 2
Noun
mens
- (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)
- person; human being
Pronoun
mens
- 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
- while (during the same time that)
- while (although)
- 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)
- 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!
- De mens is van nature een politiek dier.
- person
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (person): persoon
Descendants
- Afrikaans: mens
Noun
mens n (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)
- (informal, derogatory) woman
- Dat mens werkt me echt op de zenuwen.
- That woman really annoys me.
- Dat mens werkt me echt op de zenuwen.
Synonyms
- (woman): secreet, wijf
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Verb
mens
- first-person singular present indicative of mentir
- second-person singular present indicative of mentir
- second-person singular imperative of mentir
Ladin
Alternative forms
- mëns, meis
Etymology
From Latin mensis.
Noun
mens m (plural mensc)
- 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
- mind
- intellect, reason
- reasoning, judgement
- heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)
- 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
- while
See also
- medan (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Noun
mens m (definite singular mensen, indefinite plural mens or menser, definite plural mensene)
- 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)
- short for menstruasjon (menstruation), a monthly period.
References
- “mens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin minus.
Adverb
mens
- 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
- (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
- 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
- indefinite genitive singular of men
- indefinite genitive plural of men
Volapük
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mens/
Noun
mens
- people
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