meno

meno

1. idea

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈme.no]

meno

1. first-person singular present indicative of menar

From Proto-Finnic *meno. Equivalent to mennä (“to go”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeno/, [ˈme̞no̞]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification^(key): me‧no

meno

1. going, course, ride (act of moving oneself)

   Synonyms: kulku, meneminen

   se on menoa nyt

   here we go

   (literally, “it is going now”)

2. (colloquial) going, atmosphere, state of things

   Konsertissa oli hyvä meno.

   The atmosphere at the concert was great.

   • 2023, “Paha meno Pengerkadulla”, in Valeria, performed by Arppa:

     Nyt on tosi paha meno Pengerkadulla, / Joku ajaa poliiseja pakoon autolla

     Things are bad on Pengerkatu right now, / Someone running from the police with a car

3. (in the plural) ceremony, ritual

   Synonyms: seremonia, rituaali

4. errand, plan (to go somewhere outside one's home)

   Synonym: suunnitelma (in the plural)

   Minulla on tänään menoa.

   I have got somewhere to be today.

5. expense, expenditure

   Synonym: kulu

• “meno”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• emon

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.no/

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: mé‧no

From Latin minus.

meno

1. less
2. (used after o) 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

3. (mathematics) minus
4. minus (an amount of time)

   sono le cinque meno un quarto

   it is quarter to five

   (literally, “five minus a quarter”)

5. (music) less

• a meno che
• in men che non si dica
• meno male
• più o meno
• nemmeno

meno

1. 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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

meno

1. first-person singular present indicative of menare

• meno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• nome

meno

1. course

meno m

1. genitive singular of mẽnas

meno

1. vocative singular of mena

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmenɔ]

meno n (genitive singular mena, nominative plural mená, genitive plural mien, declension pattern of mesto)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun (broad sense)

   podstatné meno ― noun (narrow sense), substantive

   prídavné meno ― adjective

• v mene
• menný
• menne
• meniny
• zámeno

• “meno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

meno

1. first-person singular present indicative of menar

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meno

1. plural of jino

From Proto-Finnic *meno.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmeno/, [ˈmeno]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: me‧no

meno

1. going, moving
2. expense
3. business, matter, errand
4. custom, tradition

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “meno”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn