mens
- (masculine) human, any member of the species Homo sapiens
- (masculine) person
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛns/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.
Related words
Skyperson
humanbeing
deze of gene
Luchtpersoon
menselijk wezen
homo sapiens
Mensch
homme
insan
uomo
άνθρωπος
homem
hombre
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