/jɛˈmeːn/
UrsprungBorrowed from Middle Low German gemēn, from Old Saxon gimeni, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean, German gemein, Dutch gemeen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) and Latin communis.
- plain, simple, common, popular
“gemene man” — the man in the street, people in general
- mean, small-minded and petty; showing meanness in petty things
- small, lowercase
- common-gendera lowercase letter
- definite, form-of, pluraldefinite plural of gem
Formergemen(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · -(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · -(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · gement(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · -(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · -(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · gemena(indefinite, plural, positive) · -(comparative, indefinite, plural) · -(indefinite, plural, superlative) · gemene(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · -(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · -(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · gemene(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · -(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · -(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · gemena(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · -(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · -(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative) · gemen(indefinite, nominative, singular) · gemens(genitive, indefinite, singular)