Mendes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.

Proper noun

Mendes

1. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mendes is the 3514^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,162 individuals. Mendes is most common among White (56.33%), Hispanic/Latino (23.86%) and Black/African American (13.12%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Emdens, emends, mensed

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.deːs/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.des/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪es]

Adjective

Mendēs (genitive Mendētis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. of or belonging to Mendes, a town of Lower Egypt on the delta of the Nile (in modern times called Tell El-Ruba)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	Mendēs			Mendētēs	Mendētia
genitive	Mendētis			Mendētium
dative	Mendētī			Mendētibus
accusative	Mendētem	Mendēs		Mendētēs	Mendētia
ablative	Mendētī			Mendētibus
vocative	Mendēs			Mendētēs	Mendētia

Derived terms

• Mendēsīcus
• Mendēsius

References

• “Mendes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mendes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mendes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology

From Mendo +‎ -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Méndez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.d͡ʒis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.d͡ʒis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.d͡ʒiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.des/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.dɨʃ/

Proper noun

Mendes m or f by sense

1. a surname

Proper noun

Mendes

1. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmendes/ [ˈmẽn̪.d̪es]
• Rhymes: -endes
• Syllabification: Men‧des

Proper noun

Mendes m or f by sense

1. a surname, variant of Méndez