# -men
## English
### Etymology

From men, plural of man.

### Suffix

-men
* plural of -man
    horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen

## Basque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Suffix

-men
* sense, capacity
    ‎aditu (“to understand”) + ‎-men → ‎adimen (“intelligence”)
* Forming nouns expressing an action
    ‎abiatu (“to start, begin”) + ‎-men → ‎abiamen (“beginning”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “-men” in Labayru Hiztegia

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmen/, [ˈmɛn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmen/, [ˈmɛn]

### Suffix

-men n (genitive -minis); third declension
* forms nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action

#### Usage notes

Derivatives of first-conjugation verbs end in -āmen and derivatives of fourth-conjugation verbs end in -īmen:
    ‎lībrō, lībrāre (“to balance, poise”) (present stem lībrā-) + ‎-men → ‎lībrāmen (“balance, poise”)
    ‎mūniō, mūnīre (“to fortify”) (present stem mūnī-) + ‎-men → ‎mūnīmen (“defense, fortification”)
Derivatives of second- and third-conjugation verbs show more complicated formations depending on the stem involved:
    ‎augeō, augēre (“to increase, enlarge”) + ‎-men → ‎augmen (“increase, growth”)
    ‎acuō, acuere (“to sharpen”) + ‎-men → ‎acūmen (“sharpened point”)
There are also some derivatives from nouns or adjectives, which show variable formation: some end in -āmen (such as linteāmen, oleāmen, pinguāmen from linteum, oleum, pinguis) while others end in -ūmen (such as albūmen, caldūmen from albus, caldus).
Compare the related suffix -mentum; for some nouns ending in -men, there is a corresponding noun ending in -mentum with a similar meaning, such as vēlāmen (“covering”) and vēlāmentum (“covering”).

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi
* Catalan: -am, -im, -um
* Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume
* Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume
* Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um
* Romanian: -ime
* Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi
* Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre

## Mokilese
### Suffix

-men
* Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
* Indefinite suffix for animate nouns
    ‎woal (“man”) + ‎-men → ‎woalmen (“a man”)

#### Derived terms

See: Category:Mokilese terms suffixed with -men

#### See also

| Demonstratives | Singular | Plural |
| Proximal (near speaker) | -e | -kai |
| Medial (near hearer) | -en, -n | -kan |
| Distal (near neither speaker nor hearer) | -o, -u | -ok |
| Articles | | |
| indefinite | -ew, -men, -oaw, -pas, -kij | -pwi |
| definite | -wa | -wa |

## Occitan
### Suffix

-men
* Alternative form of -ment

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* -ment

### Etymology

From Late Latin -mente.

### Suffix

-men
* Forms adverbs from feminine adjectives. -wise, -ly
    ‎lonja f (“long”) + ‎-men → ‎lonjamen (“for a long time”)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Originally from Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?], as in değirmen. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”). Sense 1 is found mainly in language reforms' coinages, and was likely influenced by German -mann and English -man.

### Suffix

-men
* Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant
    Synonym: -ci
    ‎öğretmek (“to teach”) + ‎-men → ‎öğretmen (“teacher”)
    ‎saymak (“to count”) + ‎-men → ‎sayman (“accountant, treasurer”)
    ‎danışmak (“to consult”) + ‎-men → ‎danışman (“consultant”)
* Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots.
    ‎şişmek (“to swell, get fat”) + ‎-men → ‎şişman (“fat”)
    ‎azmak (“overflow, overgrow”) + ‎-men → ‎azman (“overgrown, too big, monstrous”)
* Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess.
    ‎koca (“big”) + ‎-men → ‎kocaman (“huge”)
    ‎küçük (“small”) + ‎-men → ‎küçümen (“smaller, very small”)
* Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion.
    ‎evcik (“small home”) + ‎-men → ‎evcimen (“fond of home”)
* Forms nouns of communities.
    ‎köle (“slave”) + ‎-men → ‎kölemen (“slaves”)
    ‎Türk + ‎-men → ‎Türkmen

#### Derived terms
### References

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-man$^2$”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3043
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+mAn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük