human vs man what difference

what is difference between human and man

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.

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

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

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.
(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.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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 […].
(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, / […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
(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.
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.”

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

See also Category:English words suffixed with -man

Related terms

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.

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

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.]
  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.]
  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
- 如果妳的他是很man的男人，那就恭喜妳啦！ [MSC, trad.]
  如果你的他是很man的男人，那就恭喜你啦！ [MSC, simp.]
  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!
- 若夠MAN就直率地說出你就是討厭娘味的男人 [MSC, trad.]
  若够MAN就直率地说出你就是讨厌娘味的男人 [MSC, simp.]
  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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English man.

Noun

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

Descendants

Afrikaans: man
Jersey Dutch: mān
Negerhollands: man
- → Virgin Islands Creole: mani (dated)

Anagrams

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

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:
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

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

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

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

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”
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”

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

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)

Old Norse

Noun

man n (genitive mans, plural mǫn)

household, house-folk, bondslaves
bondwoman, female slave
woman, maid
- 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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English

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

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Adverb

Quotations

Danish

Adjective

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

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Related terms

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adjective

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Adjective

References

Romansch

Etymology

Adjective

Alternative forms

Noun

Alternative forms

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Adjective

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Spanish

Verb

Swedish

Adjective

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Adjective

Interjection

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

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