meno
Breton
Catalan
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meno. Equivalent to mennä + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeno/, [ˈme̞no̞]
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification(key): me‧no
Noun
meno
- going
- course, ride
- Se on menoa nyt...
- Here we go...
- Se on menoa nyt...
- expense, expenditure
- (in the plural) ceremony, ritual
- errand, plan (to go somewhere outside one's home)
- Minulla on tänään menoa.
- I have got somewhere to be today.
- (colloquial) feeling, atmosphere
- Konsertissa oli hyvä meno.
- The atmosphere at the concert was great.
Declension
| Inflection of meno (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | meno | menot | |
| genitive | menon | menojen | |
| partitive | menoa | menoja | |
| illative | menoon | menoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meno | menot | |
| accusative | nom. | meno | menot |
| gen. | menon | ||
| genitive | menon | menojen | |
| partitive | menoa | menoja | |
| inessive | menossa | menoissa | |
| elative | menosta | menoista | |
| illative | menoon | menoihin | |
| adessive | menolla | menoilla | |
| ablative | menolta | menoilta | |
| allative | menolle | menoille | |
| essive | menona | menoina | |
| translative | menoksi | menoiksi | |
| instructive | — | menoin | |
| abessive | menotta | menoitta | |
| comitative | — | menoineen | |
| Possessive forms of meno (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | menoni | menomme |
| 2nd person | menosi | menonne |
| 3rd person | menonsa | |
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.no/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eno
- Hyphenation: mé‧no
Adverb
meno
- less
- not; non-
- Synonym: no
- Se l'abbia scritto o meno rimarrà sempre un segreto.
- Whether he wrote it or not will always remain a secret.
- legalità o meno ― legality or non-legality
- (mathematics) minus
- minus (an amount of time)
- sono le cinque meno un quarto
- it is quarter to five
- (literally, “five minus a quarter”)
- (music) less
Derived terms
Determiner
meno
- less
- Ho meno tè di te. ― I have less tea than you.
- Ho meno tè che caffé. ― I have less tea than coffee.
- Ho dovuto aspettare meno di dieci minuti. ― I had to wait less than ten minutes.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- meno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Karelian
Lithuanian
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmeno]
Noun
meno n (genitive singular mena, nominative plural mená, genitive plural mien, declension pattern of mesto)
- name
- (grammar) noun (broad sense)
- podstatné meno ― noun (narrow sense), substantive
- prídavné meno ― adjective
Declension
Spanish
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meno.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeno/, [ˈmeno]
- Rhymes: -eno
- Hyphenation: me‧no
Inflection
| Declension of meno (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meno | menod |
| genitive | meno | menoje, menojõ, menoi |
| partitive | mennoa | menoitõ, menoi |
| illative | menno, mennosõ | menoje, menojõ, menoisõ |
| inessive | menoz | menoiz |
| elative | menossõ | menoissõ |
| allative | menolõ | menoilõ |
| adessive | menollõ | menoillõ |
| ablative | menoltõ | menoiltõ |
| translative | menossi | menoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “meno”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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