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menes

menes is the plural of mene.

Meaning of mene

Noun

mene (plural menes)

  1. The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.
    • He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.1959, The Musical quarterly - Volume 45, page xlvi

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Proper noun capitalized: Menes

Menes

  1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt.

Origin of menes

From Latin Mēnēs, from Ancient Greek Μήνης (Mḗnēs), ultimately from Egyptian Y5:N35-M17 (mnj).

Questions about menes

What does menes mean?
Menes means a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt.
What is menes the plural of?
Menes is the plural of mene.
What part of speech is menes?
Menes is a proper noun.

Words near menes in the dictionary

  1. Menendez
  2. Menendezes
  3. Menera
  4. Meneras
  5. Menerva
  6. menes
  7. Meneses
  8. Meneseses
  9. meness
  10. Menevian
  11. Menez

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