mention

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• General-American: /ˈmɛnʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -ɛnʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: M EH1 N SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Përmend — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Arabic: ذِكْر (ḏikr) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Arabic: هدرة — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Bulgarian: спомена́ване (spomenávane) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Catalan: menció — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Catalan: esment — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Cebuano: hisgot — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 言及 (yánjí) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 提到 (tídào) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Czech: zmínka — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Dutch: vermelding — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Esperanto: mencio — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Finnish: maininta — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• German: Erwähnung — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Greek: αναφορά (anaforá) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Greek: μνεία (mneía) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Greek: μνημόνευση (mnimónefsi) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Hindi: उल्लेख (ullekh) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Hindi: ज़िक्र (zikr) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Icelandic: umtal — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Italian: cenno — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Italian: accenno — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Italian: menzione — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Japanese: 言及 (genkyū) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Korean: 언급 (eon'geup) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Latin: mentiō — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Macedonian: спомнување (spomnuvanje) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Macedonian: напомена (napomena) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Macedonian: споменување (spomenuvanje) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Old English: ymbsprǣc — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Polish: wzmianka — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Portuguese: menção — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Russian: упомина́ние (upominánije) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Russian: ссы́лка (ssýlka) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Scottish Gaelic: iomradh — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Scottish Gaelic: luaidh — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Serbo-Croatian: помен — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Serbo-Croatian: помињање — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Serbo-Croatian: pomen — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Serbo-Croatian: pominjanje — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Sicilian: mintuvari — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Sicilian: ammintuvari — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Sicilian: ammuntuari — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Spanish: mención — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Spanish: minción — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Swedish: omnämnande — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Tagalog: banggit — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Tagalog: ungkat — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zikr) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Ukrainian: посила́ння (posylánnja) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Ukrainian: зга́дка (zhádka) — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Vietnamese: đề cập — a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
• Afrikaans: noem — to make a short reference to something
• Arabic: ذَكَرَ (ḏakara) — to make a short reference to something
• Azerbaijani: xatırlamaq — to make a short reference to something
• Azerbaijani: adını çəkmək — to make a short reference to something
• Azerbaijani: dilə gətirmək — to make a short reference to something
• Azerbaijani: sadalamaq — to make a short reference to something
• Belarusian: зга́дваць (zhádvacʹ) — to make a short reference to something
• Bulgarian: спомена́вам (spomenávam) — to make a short reference to something
• Catalan: mencionar — to make a short reference to something
• Catalan: esmentar — to make a short reference to something
• Chinese Cantonese: 提及 (tai4 kap6) — to make a short reference to something
• Chinese Mandarin: 提到 (tídào) — to make a short reference to something
• Czech: zmínit — to make a short reference to something
• Danish: omtale — to make a short reference to something
• Dutch: vermelden — to make a short reference to something
• Esperanto: mencii — to make a short reference to something
• Estonian: mainima — to make a short reference to something
• Estonian: viitama — to make a short reference to something
• Finnish: mainita — to make a short reference to something
• Finnish: viitata — to make a short reference to something
• French: mentionner — to make a short reference to something
• Old French: mentevoir — to make a short reference to something
• German: erwähnen — to make a short reference to something
• Greek: αναφέρω (anaféro) — to make a short reference to something
• Greek: μνημονεύω (mnimonévo) — to make a short reference to something
• Ancient Greek: μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō) — to make a short reference to something
• Hindi: उल्लेख करना (ullekh karnā) — to make a short reference to something
• Hindi: उल्लिखित (ullikhit) — to make a short reference to something
• Hungarian: megemlít — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: minnast á — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: nefna — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: orða — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: geta — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: koma á framfæri — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: hafa orð á — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: vekja máls á — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: koma inn á — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: víkja að — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: drepa á — to make a short reference to something
• Icelandic: impra á — to make a short reference to something
• Indonesian: menyebut — to make a short reference to something
• Interlingua: mentionar — to make a short reference to something
• Irish: trácht ar — to make a short reference to something
• Irish: tagair — to make a short reference to something
• Old Irish: do·rími — to make a short reference to something
• Italian: menzionare — to make a short reference to something
• Japanese: 言及する (genkyū suru) — to make a short reference to something
• Kazakh: айтып өту (aityp ötu) — to make a short reference to something
• Khmer: ក្លាវ (klaaw) — to make a short reference to something
• Korean: 말하다 (malhada) — to make a short reference to something
• Korean: 언급하다 (eon'geuphada) — to make a short reference to something
• Central Kurdish: ناوھێنان (nawhênan) — to make a short reference to something
• Latin: memorō — to make a short reference to something
• Macedonian: спомнува (spomnuva) — to make a short reference to something
• Macedonian: напоменува (napomenuva) — to make a short reference to something
• Māori: takarure — to make a short reference to something
• Māori: whakahua — to make a short reference to something
• Māori: pōtete — to make a short reference to something
• Norwegian Bokmål: nevne — to make a short reference to something
• Norwegian Bokmål: omtale — to make a short reference to something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nemne — to make a short reference to something
• Old Norse: nefna — to make a short reference to something
• Persian: اشاریدن — to make a short reference to something
• Polish: wspomnieć — to make a short reference to something
• Polish: wspominać — to make a short reference to something
• Polish: napominać o kim / czym — to make a short reference to something
• Portuguese: mencionar — to make a short reference to something
• Russian: упомина́ть (upominátʹ) — to make a short reference to something
• Russian: упомяну́ть (upomjanútʹ) — to make a short reference to something
• Scottish Gaelic: luaidh — to make a short reference to something
• Serbo-Croatian: spomenuti — to make a short reference to something
• Serbo-Croatian: spominjati — to make a short reference to something
• Spanish: mencionar — to make a short reference to something
• Spanish: mentar — to make a short reference to something
• Swedish: nämna — to make a short reference to something
• Swedish: omnämna — to make a short reference to something
• Tagalog: bumanggit — to make a short reference to something
• Tagalog: magbanggit — to make a short reference to something
• Tagalog: banggitin — to make a short reference to something
• Turkish: bahsetmek — to make a short reference to something
• Turkish: değinmek — to make a short reference to something
• Turkish: dile getirmek — to make a short reference to something
• Turkish: söylemek — to make a short reference to something
• Turkish: söz etmek — to make a short reference to something
• Turkish: zikretmek — to make a short reference to something
• Ottoman Turkish: آڭمق (anmak) — to make a short reference to something
• Ottoman Turkish: ذكر ایتمك (zikr etmek) — to make a short reference to something
• Ukrainian: зга́дувати (zháduvaty) — to make a short reference to something
• Ukrainian: згада́ти (zhadáty) — to make a short reference to something
• Ukrainian: посила́тися (posylátysja) — to make a short reference to something
• Vietnamese: đề cập — to make a short reference to something
• Zulu: -biza — to make a short reference to something
• Finnish: mainita — to utter an expression in order to refer to the expression itself