mien

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/miːn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/min/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mēn)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mien /min/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. the face or manner of a person, esp. as it shows character, feeling, etc.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mien  (mēn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:a man of noble mien.
  • 1505–15; probably aphetic variant of obsolete demean bearing, demean2; spelled with -ie- to distinguish it from mean2
    appearance, look; carriage.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mien / miːn/
  1. a person's manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mood
Etymology: 16th Century: probably variant of obsolete demean appearance; related to French mine aspect
'mien' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aspect - bearing - brow - carriage - chow mein - countenance - demeanor - demeanour - exterior - face - jib - presence - semblance

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