different between mention vs misken

English

Etymology

From Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin menti?nem, accusative of menti? (“a mention, calling to mind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n??n/
• Rhymes: -?n??n
• Hyphenation: men?tion

Noun

mention (plural mentions)

1. A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.

   • I will make mention of thy righteousness.
2. (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.

Derived terms

• mentionable
• mentionless

Translations

Verb

mention (third-person singular simple present mentions, present participle mentioning, simple past and past participle mentioned)

1. To make a short reference to something.
2. (philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.
   • 2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers ?ISBN, page 140

     I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead. Now you have no way of knowing for sure which meaning I have in mind until I give it some context by using it in a sentence.

   • 2009, Lieven Vandelanotte, Speech and Thought Representation in English: A Cognitive-functional Approach, Walter de Gruyter ?ISBN, page 124

     If the verbatimness view derives from the popular notion that DST repeats 'the actual words spoken', a second line of thought takes its cue from Quine's (1940: 23–26, 1960: 146–156) philosophical distinction between words which are “used” vs. words which are merely “mentioned”.

   • 2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court ?ISBN

     If I said rightly, “'Niggers' is a seven letter word,” I would be mentioning the word, and when we write it, we use mention-quotes for this purpose (speech typically lacks quotes, except for the occasional air-quotes). If I said, rightly or wrongly, “Niggers are good athletes,” then I would be using “niggers,” not merely mentioning it.

Synonyms

(make a short reference to something): See Thesaurus:mention

Derived terms

• not to mention
• unmention

Translations

Anagrams

• nontime, omentin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin menti?, mentionis.

Pronunciation

Noun

mention f (plural mentions)

1. mention (act of mentioning)
2. slogan

Related terms

• mentionner

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• mencion
• mension

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin menti?, mentionis.

Noun

mention f (oblique plural mentions, nominative singular mention, nominative plural mentions)

1. mention (act of mentioning)

See also

• mentevoir

English

Etymology

From Middle English *miskennen (suggested by miskenninge (“mistake, misinterpretation”)), from Old English *miscennan (suggested by miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, or a fine exacted for this mistake”)), equivalent to mis- +? ken. Cognate with Scots misken (“to not know, misken”), Dutch miskennen (“to fail to recognise, ignore”), German mißkennen (“to misunderstand”), Swedish misskänna (“to misunderstand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

misken (third-person singular simple present miskens, present participle miskenning, simple past and past participle miskenned or miskent)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to know; be ignorant or unaware of; appear to be ignorant of.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To misunderstand; mistake; have the wrong idea of.
4. (reflexive, Britain dialectal) To esteem oneself incorrectly; have a false or exaggerated opinion of oneself or one's position.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to recognise or identify.
6. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To refuse to acknowledge; disown; repudiate; pass over; ignore; disregard; neglect; overlook; disavow; disclaim; disown; deny.
7. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to mention.

Derived terms

• miskenner
• miskenning

Anagrams

• minkes

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch miskennen. Equivalent to mis- +? ken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k?n/

Verb

misken (present misken, present participle miskennende, past participle misken)

1. (transitive) to deny or to fail to acknowledge

Derived terms

• miskenning

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mischen, from Old Saxon *miskian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijan?.

Verb

misken

1. (transitive) To mix

Derived terms

• Miskmöhlen

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miskijan?.

Verb

misken

1. to mix

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: misschen

Further reading

• “misken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012