human vs man what difference
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English
Etymology
From Late Middle English humayne, humain, from Middle French humain, from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective), from humus, with unclear ū. Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)juː.mən/, [ˈ(ç)ju̟ːmən], [ˈ(ç)ju̟ːmn̩]
- (US) enPR: (h)yo͞oʹmən, (h)yo͞omʹn, IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ju.mən/, [ˈ(ç)ju̟mən], [ˈ(ç)ju̟mn̩]
- (NYC, some other US dialects) IPA(key): /ˈju.mən/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /ˈhjuː.mən/
- Rhymes: -uːmən
- Hyphenation: hu‧man
Adjective
human (comparative more human, superlative most human)
- (not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
- (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
- 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’, Business World, Wall Street Journal,
- Google wouldn’t be human if it didn’t want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.
- 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’, Business World, Wall Street Journal,
Alternative forms
- humane (obsolete)
Synonyms
- mannish, mennish (now rare)
Antonyms
- inhuman
- nonhuman
- unhuman
Hypernyms
- animalian (in its sense including all Animalia)
- mammalian
Derived terms
Pages starting with “human”.
Related terms
- humane
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
- humanity
Translations
Noun
human (plural humans)
- The tallest, most abundant, and most intelligent of primates; Homo sapiens.
- Synonyms: human being, man; see also Thesaurus:person
- Any hominid of the genus Homo.
Translations
Verb
human (third-person singular simple present humans, present participle humaning, simple past and past participle humaned)
- (rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
References
Further reading
- human on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- human in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- human in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- human at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Nahum
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧man
Verb
human
- to finish
Adjective
human
- completed; done
Adverb
human
- after
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:human.
Danish
Adjective
human
- human (having the nature or attributes of a human being)
- humane (something done from love to humanity)
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huˈmaːn/
- Rhymes: -aːn
Adjective
human (comparative humaner, superlative am humansten)
- humane
Declension
Related terms
- Humanismus
- Humanist
- humanistisch
Further reading
- “human” in Duden online
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈhuman/
Verb
human
- first-person singular present indicative of hupmat
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin hūmānus.
Adjective
human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)
- humane
References
- “human” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin hūmānus.
Adjective
human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)
- humane
References
- “human” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin hūmānus.
Adjective
human m (feminine singular humana, masculine plural humans, feminine plural humanas)
- (Sursilvan) human
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
- (Puter) umaun
Noun
human m (plural humans)
- (Sursilvan) (male) human being
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
- (Puter) umaun
Synonyms
- carstgaun
Coordinate terms
- carstgauna, humana
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xûmaːn/
- Hyphenation: hu‧man
Adjective
hȕmān (definite hȕmānī, comparative humaniji, Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄н)
- humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)
Declension
Spanish
Verb
human
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of humar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of humar.
Swedish
Adjective
human
- humane, decent, compassionate
- (of prices) reasonable
Declension
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mæn/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [mɛən], [meən], [mẽə̃n]
- (Jamaica) IPA(key): [mɑn]
- (General New Zealand, parts of South Africa) IPA(key): [mɛn]
- Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1
From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu.
Alternative forms
- (singular): mang (dialectal rendering, suggesting a Spanish accent), mans (slang), mon (slang, used in the vocative, in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England), mxn (rare, feminist)
- (plural): mans (Multicultural London English, Toronto, nonstandard, proscribed), mens (nonstandard, African-American Vernacular), mxn (rare, feminist), myn (very rare, chiefly humorous)
- (interjection): maaan (elongated)
Noun
man (plural men)
- An adult male human.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene 1:
- The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene 1:
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, page 109:
- Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
- 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, page 109:
- A human, a person regardless of gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 4, scene 2:
- […] a man cannot make him laugh.
- c. 1700, Joseph Addison, Monaco, Genoa, &c., page 9:
- A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.
- 1991 edition (original: 1953), Darell Huff, How to Lie with Statistics, pages 19–20:
- Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else’s – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?
- 2021 January 20, Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb”:
- We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 4, scene 2:
- (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
- 1647, Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
- How did God create man?
- God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
- 1647, Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology →ISBN, page 68:
- The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
- 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology →ISBN, page 68:
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- c. 1500, A Gest of Robyn Hode, in the Child Ballads:
- For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, act 3, scene 5:
- God’s a good man.
- 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The silent woman:
- Expect: But was the devil a proper man, gossip?
- As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.
- 2008, Christopher Paolini, Brisingr: Or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular – Inheritance Book Three (→ISBN), page 549:
- Clearing a space between the tables, the men tested their prowess against one another with feats of wrestling and archery and bouts with quarterstaves. Two of the elves, a man and a woman, demonstrated their skill with swordplay— […]
- 2014, Oisin McGann, Kings of the Realm: Cruel Salvation, Penguin UK (→ISBN):
- There was a pair of burly dwarves – a woman and a man – bearing the markings of the formidable Thane Guards.
- c. 1500, A Gest of Robyn Hode, in the Child Ballads:
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- 2011, Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America →ISBN, page 181:
- I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn’t mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the […] children and raise them […].
- 2011, Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America →ISBN, page 181:
- (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour
- Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man, and sweetness in his carriage, / […]
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour
- A husband.
- Book of Common Prayer:
- I pronounce that they are man and wife.
- 1715, Joseph Addison, The Freeholder:
- In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man.
- Book of Common Prayer:
- A lover; a boyfriend.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one’s requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- 2007, Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night →ISBN, page 553:
- “She’s the man for the job.”
- 2008, Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season →ISBN, page 148:
- Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she’s your man —
- 2012, The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel →ISBN, page 34:
- He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he’s their man.
- 2007, Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night →ISBN, page 553:
- A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
- 1909, Harper’s Weekly, volume 53, page iii:
- When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.
- 1913, Robert Herrick, One Woman’s Life, page 46:
- “And they’re very good people, I assure you — he’s a Harvard man.” It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
- 1909, Harper’s Weekly, volume 53, page iii:
- An adult male servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- (old proverb)
- c. 1700s, William Blackstone:
- The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
- A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
- 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4:
- The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
- 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4:
- (MLE, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one’s group: I, we; construed in the third person.
- 2011, Top Boy:
- Sully: If it weren’t for that snake … Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
- 2011, Top Boy:
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
- “It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team’s defensive faults, rather than the backman’s, allowed the big Cat to dominate.”
- 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
Usage notes
- The use of “man” (compare Old English: mann, wer, wīf) to mean both “human (of any gender)” and “adult male”, which developed after Old English’s distinct term for the latter (wer) fell out of use, has been criticized since at least the second half of the twentieth century. Critics claim that the use of “man”, both alone and in compounds, to denote a human or any gender “is now often regarded as sexist or at best old-fashioned”, “flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race”. The American Heritage Dictionary wrote that in 2004 75-79% of their usage panel still accepted sentences with generic man, and 86-87% accepted sentences with man-made. Some style guides recommend against generic “man”, and “although some editors and writers reject or disregard […] objections to man as a generic, many now choose instead to use” human, human being or person instead.
- This generic usage is still preserved in certain dialects, pidgins, and creoles of English, as well as fixed expressions and certain religious documents and declarations such as the Nicene Creed (e.g. “…for us men and our salvation…”). Consideration of this has sometimes led to accusations of the critics of the generic man as enforcing linguistic prescriptivism.
- See also the man
Synonyms
- (adult male human): male; omi (Polari); see more at Thesaurus:man
- (person): human, person, see more at Thesaurus:person
- (board game piece): see Thesaurus:board game piece
Coordinate terms
- (gender): woman
- (age): boy
Derived terms
Related terms
- men
Descendants
See also descendants of -man.
- Tok Pisin: man
- → Chinese: man
- → Chinook Jargon: man
- → Korean: 맨 (maen)
- → Spanish: man
- → Thai: แมน (mɛɛn)
- → Volapük: man
Translations
See man/translations § Noun.
See also
- Old English: mann, wer, wīf.
Adjective
man (not comparable)
- Only used in man enough
Interjection
man
- Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
- Man, that was a great catch!
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
Translations
See man/translations § Interjection.
Etymology 2
From Middle English mannen, from Old English mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”). Cognate with Dutch bemannen (“to man”), German bemannen (“to man”), Swedish bemanna (“to man”), Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, man”).
Verb
man (third-person singular simple present mans, present participle manning, simple past and past participle manned)
- (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
- The ship was manned with a small crew.
- (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
- Man the machine guns!
- (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
- (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
- (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Derived terms
- beman
- overman (verb)
Translations
See man/translations § Verb.
References
Further reading
- “man” in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 188.
- Man (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Man in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- ‘Nam, ‘nam, AMN, MNA, N. Am., NAM, Nam, mna
Abinomn
Noun
man
- moon
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch man, from Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/
Noun
man (plural mans or manne, diminutive mannetjie)
- man
- husband
Usage notes
- The normal plural in contemporary Afrikaans is mans. The form manne now usually refers to the members of a male group, such as a group of friends or a team or unit. Compare:
Albanian
Alternative forms
- Tosk: mën
- Gheg: mand, mandë
Etymology
Syncopated form of Gheg mand, from Proto-Albanian *manta. Compare Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble”), said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort, and μαντία (mantía, “blackberry”) (Dacian loan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/
Noun
man m (indefinite plural mana, definite singular mani, definite plural manat)
- mulberry, mulberry tree
Hyponyms
- man i bardhë (“white mulberry”) (Morus alba)
- man i kuq (“red mulberry”) (Morus rubra)
- man i zi (“black mulberry”) (Morus nigra)
- man toke (“wild strawberry”) (Fragoria vesca)
Aragonese
Etymology
Akin to Spanish mano, from Latin manus.
Noun
man f
- hand
Arigidi
Pronoun
man
- I, first person singular pronoun, as subject
References
- B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
Bagirmi
Noun
man
- water
References
- R. C. Stevenson, Bagirmi Grammar (1969)
Bariai
Noun
man
- bird
References
- Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)
Bikol Central
Adverb
man
- also
Bonggo
Noun
man
- bird
References
- George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
Caló
Pronoun
man
- Contraction of mangue (“I, me”).
References
- “man” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 60.
- “man” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
- “man” in Vocabulario : Caló – Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.
Cebuano
Etymology
Compare Tagalog man
Particle
man
- gives information; could be omitted
- contradicts a previous statement or presumption; usually with the particle ugod/gud
- makes a question not abrupt
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English man.
Pronunciation
- (Mandarin) IPA(key): /man⁵⁵/, /mɛn⁵⁵/
- (Cantonese) IPA(key): /mɛːn⁵⁵/
Adjective
man
- (slang) manly; masculine
- 而從審美的角度來看,李隆基絕對與美男子三個字無緣,但他卻有種很man的味道,吸引著女人的目光 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2006, 狐千月, 《大俠,跟我回現代》
- Ér cóng shěnměi de jiǎodù lái kàn, Lǐ Lóngjī juéduì yǔ měinánzǐ sān ge zì wúyuán, dàn tā què yǒu zhǒng hěn man de wèidào, xīyǐn zhe nǚrén de mùguāng [Pinyin]
- From the perspective of esthetics, Li Longji definitely has nothing to do with the word handsome, but he still has that hint of manliness, attracting women to look
而从审美的角度来看,李隆基绝对与美男子三个字无缘,但他却有种很man的味道,吸引着女人的目光 [MSC, simp.]- 如果妳的他是很man的男人,那就恭喜妳啦! [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2007, 李意昕, 《愛情36計》, page 155
- Rúguǒ nǐ de tā shì hěn man de nánrén, nà jiù gōngxǐ nǐ la! [Pinyin]
- If your “he” is a manly man, then congratulations!
如果你的他是很man的男人,那就恭喜你啦! [MSC, simp.]- 若夠MAN就直率地說出你就是討厭娘味的男人 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2010, 許常德, 《中年男人地下手記》, page 15
- ruò gòu MAN jiù zhíshuài de shuōchū nǐ jiùshì tǎoyàn niángwèi de nánrén [Pinyin]
- If you’re manly enough, then candidly pronounce that you don’t like sissy men.
若够MAN就直率地说出你就是讨厌娘味的男人 [MSC, simp.]- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English man.
Noun
man
- man
Synonyms
- siwash
Antonyms
- klootchman
Adjective
man
- male
Antonyms
- klootchman
Chuukese
Noun
man
- Alternative spelling of maan
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- mann, månn
Etymology
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m (Tredici Comuni)
- man
- husband
References
- “man” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːˀn/, [mæˀn]
Noun
man c (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)
- (rare, used primarily by horse specialists) mane (longer hair growth on the back of the neck of a horse)
- Synonym: manke
Inflection
Etymology 2
The same word as the noun mand (“man”). Calque of German man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/, [man]
Pronoun
man (accusative en or én, possessive ens or éns)
- you, one, they, people (a general, unspecified person)
- I (used modestly instead of the first-person pronoun)
- you (used derogatorily instead of the second-person pronoun)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːˀn/, [ˈmæˀn]
Verb
man
- imperative of mane
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑn/
- Hyphenation: man
- Rhymes: -ɑn
Noun
man m (plural mannen or man or mans, diminutive mannetje n or manneke n or manneken n)
- man, human male, either adult or age-irrespective
- husband, male spouse
Usage notes
- The normal plural is mannen. The unchanged form man is used after numerals only; it refers to the size of a group rather than a number of individuals. For example: In totaal verloren er 5000 man hun leven in die slag. (“5000 men altogether lost their lives in that battle.”) The plural mans is dated, now mostly occurring in nautical contexts or in dialect.
- Compound words with -man as their last component often take –lieden or –lui in the plural, rather than -mannen. For example: brandweerman (“firefighter”) → brandweerlieden (alongside brandweerlui and brandweermannen).
- Various alternative diminutives exist, including manneke (used especially in Flanders) and the dialectal mannechie.
Derived terms
Related terms
- men
Descendants
- Afrikaans: man
- Jersey Dutch: mān
- Negerhollands: man
- → Virgin Islands Creole: mani (dated)
Anagrams
- nam
Faroese
Verb
man
- first/third-person singular present of munna
- I, he, she, it will / may
Derived terms
- tað man vera (so) – this may be (so)
- tað man óivað vera beinari – this will doubtless be more correct
Pronoun
man
- (colloquial) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)
Synonyms
- (standard): mann
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
man m (plural mans)
- hand
Gaikundi
Noun
man
- foot
Further reading
- Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)
Galician
Alternative forms
- mão (Reintegrationist)
- mam (Reintegrationist)
- mao
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.
Noun
man f (plural mans)
- hand
- Synonym: figurative ownership; protection; power; grasp
Derived terms
Usage notes
- Man is a false friend, and does not mean man. Galician equivalents are shown in the “Translations” section of the English entry man.
References
- “mão” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI – ILGA 2006-2012.
- “mãao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez – Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “man” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI – ILGA 2006-2013.
- “man” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “man” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/
- (Austria)
- Rhymes: -an
- Homophone: Mann
Etymology 1
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”).
Pronoun
man
- one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
- 2008, Frank Behmeta, Wenn ich die Augen öffne, page 55:
- 2008, Frank Behmeta, Wenn ich die Augen öffne, page 55:
- they, people (people in general)
- someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
- they (some unspecified group of people)
Usage notes
- Man is used in the nominative case only; for the oblique cases forms of the pronoun einer are used. For example: Man kann nicht immer tun, was einen glücklich macht. — One cannot always do what makes one happy.
- Since man derives from the same source as Mann (“man; male”), its use is considered problematic by some feminists. They have proposed alternating man and the feminine neologism frau, or using the generic neologism mensch. This usage has gained some currency in feminist and left-wing publications, but remains rare otherwise.
- In the sense of “someone,” man is often translated using the passive voice (“I was told that…” rather than “someone told me that…”).
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).
Adverb
man
- (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany) just; only
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).
Conjunction
man
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) only; but
Synonyms
- (in various dialects) avers, awer (and many variations thereof; for which, see those entries)
- (in some dialects) bloots
Gothic
Romanization
man
- Romanization of ????????????
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/, [maːn]
- Rhymes: -aːn
Etymology 1
From Old Norse man, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (with unstressed prefix *ga-).
Noun
man n (genitive singular mans, nominative plural mön)
- (obsolete, uncountable, collective) slaves
- (archaic, countable) a female slave
- (archaic or poetic, countable) maiden
Declension
Synonyms
- (female slave): ambátt
Derived terms
- mansal
- mansmaður
Etymology 2
From mana (“to dare [someone] [to do something]”).
Noun
man n (genitive singular mans, no plural)
- the act of daring someone to do something; provocation, dare
Declension
Etymology 3
Appears in Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s 1584 Bible translation. Borrowed from German Man (in Luther’s 1534 German Bible), from Hebrew מן (mān, “manna”).
Noun
man n (indeclinable)
- (biblical, obsolete) manna
Synonyms
- (manna): manna
Etymology 4
Verb
man
- first-person singular present indicative of muna; I remember
- third-person singular present indicative of muna; he/she/it remembers
References
- “man” in:
Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
man m
- hand
Japanese
Romanization
man
- Rōmaji transcription of まん
- Rōmaji transcription of マン
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
man f (plural mans)
- hand
Latvian
Pronoun
man
- to me; dative singular form of es
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maŋ]
Noun
man f (plural moæn)
- hand
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [man]
Pronoun
mán
- (first-person singular) dative form of aš.
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːn/
Verb
man (third-person singular present meet, past participle gemat or gemeet, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (regional, southern dialects) Alternative form of maachen
Mandarin
Romanization
man
- Nonstandard spelling of mān.
- Nonstandard spelling of mán.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of màn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m
- human
- person
- man, male
- husband
- subordinate
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: man
- Limburgish: man
- Zealandic: man
Further reading
- “man”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “man (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English man (“one, a person”).
Alternative forms
- mæn, mane, manne, mon, monne, ma, men
Pronoun
man
- Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you (indefinite).
Derived terms
- me
- noman
- animan
See also
- me
- ei
References
- “man, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
- “men, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
man
- Alternative form of mon (“man”)
Etymology 3
Verb
man
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“shall”)
Miskito
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/
Pronoun
man
- (in the singular) you
See also
Norman
Alternative forms
- main (Jersey)
- môin (Guernsey)
Etymology 1
From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”).
Noun
man f (plural mans)
- (France, anatomy) hand
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
man (feminine ma)
- my (belonging to me)
Coordinate terms
- tan (“your”)
- san (“hers, his, its”)
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn.
Pronoun
man m (feminine min, neuter min, plural min)
- (Föhr-Amrum) my
Northern Kurdish
Verb
man
- to stay
- to remain
Northern Sami
Pronoun
man
- accusative/genitive singular of mii
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑn/
- Homophone: mann
- Rhymes: -ɑn
Pronoun
man
- you
- one
- they
- people
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
man f or m (definite singular mana or manen, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)
- a mane (of a horse)
References
- “man” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “man” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.
Noun
man f (definite singular mana, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)
- mane (of a horse)
References
- “man” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan man, from Latin manus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma]
Noun
man f (plural mans)
- hand
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m
- human, person
- man, male
Inflection
Derived terms
- ambahtman
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: man
- Dutch: man
- Limburgish: man
- Zealandic: man
Further reading
- “man (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology 1
From mann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑn/
Pronoun
man
- one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, “The First Sunday in September, When Job Is Read”
- late 10th century, Ælfric, “Dedication of the Church of St. Michael”
- late 10th century, Ælfric, “The First Sunday in September, When Job Is Read”
- they, people (people in general)
- someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
- they (some unspecified group of people)
- often used where modern English would use the passive voice
- late 9th century, King Alfred’s translation of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy
- Early 11th century, Wulfstan, “On the Beginning of Creation”
- late 9th century, King Alfred’s translation of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy
Descendants
- Middle English: man, me
Etymology 2
See mann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑnn/, [mɑn]
Noun
man m
- Alternative form of mann
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑːn/
Noun
mān n
- crime, sin, wickedness
Derived terms
- mānswerian
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m
- man
Descendants
- Middle High German: man
- Alemannic German: ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo, ma’
- Swabian: Ma, Mâ, Mô, Mâo, Mâu
- Bavarian: mon, mònn, moon, ma’
- Cimbrian: man, mann, månn
- Mòcheno: mònn
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Mann
- East Central German:
- Silesian German: Moan
- German: Mann, man
- Luxembourgish: Mann
- Transylvanian Saxon: Mouen, Mäun
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Mann
- Yiddish: מאַן (man)
- Alemannic German: ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo, ma’
Old Norse
Noun
man n (genitive mans, plural mǫn)
- household, house-folk, bondslaves
- bondwoman, female slave
- woman, maid
- 900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verse 7:
- 900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verse 7:
Declension
Derived terms
- mankynni n pl
- mansal n
- mansmaðr m
Descendants
- Icelandic: man
References
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
man f (oblique plural mans, nominative singular man, nominative plural mans)
- hand (anatomy)
Descendants
- Catalan: mà
- Occitan: man
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “manus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 61, page 285
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m
- human, person
- man
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle Low German: man
- German Low German: Mann
- Plautdietsch: Maun
- German Low German: Mann
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin māne (“morning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mãn]
Noun
man f (plural manes)
- morning
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
- Fue el dia ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.
- It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.
- Fue el dia ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
Synonyms
- mannana f
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish mano.
Noun
man
- hand
Romani
Pronoun
man
- accusative of me
Sambali
Adverb
man
- also
Scottish Gaelic
Preposition
man
- Alternative form of mar
Usage notes
- Unlike mar, man does not lenite the following word.
Spanish
Etymology
English man
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈman/, [ˈmãn]
Noun
man m (plural men)
- (Latin America, colloquial) man, guy, dude
- Synonyms: tipo, tío; see also Thesaurus:tío
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/, /maŋ/
Noun
man
- man, male human
Derived terms
- -man
- manpikin
Verb
man
- to be able to
Synonyms
- kan
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish maþer, mander, from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
Noun
man m
- man (adult male human)
- husband
- a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop
Declension
See also
(husband): make, gemål
Usage notes
(adult male human): The unchanged plural man is sometimes used after numerals. It means “men” as a measure for size or strength of a group rather than individuals:
- Military or police personnel, team members, demonstrators and the like are often counted using this unchanged plural. The same goes with German where Mann can have an unchanged plural form in this particular case.
(husband): Not used in other contexts, where could be confused with a man in general.
Pronoun
man c
- (indefinite) one, they; people in general
Declension
See Template:sv-decl-ppron for more pronouns.
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish man, from Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːn/
Noun
man c
- mane (of a horse or lion)
Declension
Anagrams
- nam
Tagalog
Adverb
man
- although; even if; even though
- also
Tarpia
Noun
man
- bird
References
- George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English man.
Noun
man
- man (adult male human)
Adjective
man
- male
Antonyms
- meri
Derived terms
- bigman
- konman
- manmeri
- paniman
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English man.
Noun
man
- husband
- a married man
- any man
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
man f (invariable)
- hand
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
- Homophone: mang
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 瞞 (“to lie”). Also compare 謾 (“to deceive”).
Adjective
man
- (only in compounds) dishonest; false; untruthful
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蠻 (“barbarian; unreasonable”).
Noun
man
- (derogatory, chiefly in compounds) a savage; barbarian
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 萬 (“ten thousand”, SV: vạn). Doublet of muôn and vạn.
Numeral
man
- (archaic) ten thousand; myriad
Derived terms
- cơ man (“multitude; myriad”)
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from the descendants of Proto-West Germanic *mann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [man]
Noun
man (nominative plural mans)
- man (adult male human)
Declension
Coordinate terms
- vom
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh mann, from Proto-Celtic *mendu- (“mark, location”), from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”), same source as Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/
Noun
man m or f (plural mannau)
- place
Mutation
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔn/
Noun
man c (plural manlju or mannen, diminutive mantsje)
- man
- Coordinate term: frou
- husband
- Coordinate term: frou
Further reading
- “man (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse meðan, from Proto-Germanic *medanō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɑ̀ːn] (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ɑ̀ːn, -èːðan
Conjunction
mān
- meanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
- tyst man jag sȯf
- be quiet while I sleep
- tyst man jag sȯf
Alternative forms
- mea
- meda
Wik-Mungkan
Noun
man
- neck
Derived terms
- man awal
- man ngaat
- man poonchal
Wolof
Pronunciation
Pronoun
man
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
See also
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English man, from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann.
Noun
man
- man
- husband
Antonyms
- mawen, mawn
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith
Zealandic
Etymology
From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m (plural mannen)
- man
- husband