men

Pronunciation: [men]

Average Rank: 288

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

pl. man的复数

Detailed Explanations:
  • n the force of workers available
  • n an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
  • n someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
  • n the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
  • n any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
  • n a male subordinate
  • n an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
  • n a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
  • n a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
  • n one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
  • n game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
  • n all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: UNKNOWN

Word Forms:
0: man
1: s
Plural: mens
3rd Person: mens

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#255

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.5% (Top 97.5% most frequent)
97.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#508

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.9% (Top 94.9% most frequent)
94.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#100

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.0% (Top 99.0% most frequent)
99.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.