men
/mɛn/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
name
A surname.
name
The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
- ""Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant."
Etymology
From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.