Men

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mÉ›n/,
• Rhymes: -É›n

Origin

From Middle English men, from Old English menn ("men, people, human beings collectively"), plural of mann ("man"). Cognate with German Männer ("men"), Danish mænd ("men"), Swedish män ("men"). More at man.

Noun

plural

1. men

   (irregular plural of man)
2. (collective) (The) people, humanity.
• 1910, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price Chapter 1, This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking....Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

Related terms

• mennish