mn

Other forms of mn

plural

mns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mn

What does mn mean?

mn means "a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mn?

mn has 1 syllable: mn.

What is another word for mn?

Close synonyms include manganese, atomic number 25, Minnesota, Gopher State, North Star State. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mn a common word?

mn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.