Man

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English

Most common English words: other « very « upon « #69: man » may » about » its

Etymology

From Old English mann, from Proto-Germanic *mannz, mannōn (cf. Dutch man, German Mann, Norwegian mann), from Proto-Indo-European *manus 'human being' (cf. Avestan [[manuš#Template:Ae|manuš]], Sanskrit mánuṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæn/, SAMPA: /m{n/

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  Rhymes: -æn

Noun

Singular Man

Plural men

Man (men)

1. An adult male human.
2. A mensch; a person of integrity and honor.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He's more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house...

3. An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult.

   every man for himself

4. (collective) All humans collectively; mankind. Also Man.

   prehistoric man

5. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
6. A professional person.

   We'll have to call a man in to fix it

Usage notes

The principal sense of the word is an adult male human, not a generic human, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence:

• Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young.

Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human, human being, humankind, and person depending on contexts instead of man.

Synonyms

• (adult male human): omi (Polari)

Antonyms

• woman
• boy

Derived terms

terms derived from "man"

anchor man bad man barman best man black man common man company man con man dead man dirty old man fireman foreman government man headman -man manful manhood mankind manly man of God man of science

man of the cloth man of war man on man power mantrap/man-trap/man trap mountain man old man overman policeman underman pan man renaissance man see a man about a dog straight man straw man stunt man strong man white man woman yes-man

Translations

adult male human

Afrikaans: man af(af) Ainu: オッカヨ ('okkayo) Alabama: naani Albanian: burrë sq(sq), trim sq(sq) American Sign Language: A@Forehead-5Chest Vert Arabic: رجل ar(ar) (rájul) m. Armenian: տղամարդ hy(hy) (tġamard), մարդ hy(hy) (mard) Basque: gizon eu(eu), gizaseme eu(eu), gizonki eu(eu) Belarusian: мужчына be(be) (mužčýna) m. Bosnian: čovjek bs(bs) m. Breton: gwaz br(br) m., den br(br) m. Bulgarian: мъж bg(bg) (məž) m. Catalan: home ca(ca) m. Central Atlas Tamazight: [[ⴰⵔⴳⴰ#Template:Tzm|Template:Tfng]] (argaz) Chamicuro: yelna Chinese: Cantonese: Template:Yue-yue-j Mandarin: 男人 cmn(cmn) (nánrén) Chiricahua: ndé Teochew: da1bou1nang5 Choctaw: [[hatak#Template:Cho|hatak]] Coptic: [[ⲣⲱⲙⲉ#Template:Cop|Template:Copt]] (rōme) Croatian: muškarac hr(hr) Czech: muž cs(cs) m., pán cs(cs) m. Danish: mand da(da) c. Dutch: man nl(nl) m., heer nl(nl) m. Egyptian: [[z#Template:Egy|Template:Egyp]] <hiero>z:A3</hiero> Esperanto: viro eo(eo) Estonian: mees et(et), meesterahvas et(et) Ewe: ŋutsu Faroese: kallmaður fo(fo) m., maður fo(fo) m., kallur fo(fo) m. Fijian: turaga fj(fj) Finnish: mies fi(fi) French: homme fr(fr) m. Georgian: კაცი ka(ka) (katsi) German: Mann de(de) m., Herr de(de) m. Greek: Ancient: ἀνήρ (anēr) m. Modern: άνδρας el(el) (ándras) m. Greenlandic: angut kl(kl) Guaraní: ava gn(gn) Hausa: mutum ha(ha) Hebrew: אדם he(he) (adam) m., גבר he(he) (gever), איש he(he) (ish) m. Hindi: आदमी hi(hi) (ādmī), पुरुष hi(hi) (puruṣ) Hungarian: férfi hu(hu) Icelandic: karlmaður is(is) m., karl is(is) m., maður is(is) m. Ido: viro io(io) Inari Sami: almai Indonesian: pria id(id), laki-laki id(id) Interlingua: homine ia(ia); viro ia(ia) Irish: fear ga(ga) m., fir ga(ga) pl. Istro-Romanian: bărbåt m. Italian: uomo it(it) m. Japanese: 男性 ja(ja) (だんせい, dansei), 男の人 ja(ja) (おとこのひと, otoko no hito) Jicarilla: [[didé#Template:Apj|didé]] Kabyle: argaz Korean: 사내 ko(ko) (sanae), 남자 ko(ko) (男子, namja) Kurdish: mêr ku(ku), zelam ku(ku), پیاو ku(ku), زه‌لام ku(ku) Latin: vir la(la), -i m. Latvian: vīrs lv(lv) m.

Lithuanian: vyras lt(lt) m. Lojban: nanmu jbo(jbo) Macedonian: маж mk(mk) (maž) m., човек mk(mk) (čóvek) m. Malay: lelaki ms(ms) Malayalam: പുരുഷന്‍ ml(ml) (purushan), ആണ് ml(ml) (aanu) Maltese: raġel mt(mt) Manx: fer gv(gv) Mapudungun: wentru Marathi: माणूस mr(mr) Mari: марий Megleno-Romanian: bărbat m. Mi'kmaq: [[jinem#Template:Mic|jinem]] Navajo: diné Nepali: manav ne(ne), maanche ne(ne) Ngarrindjeri: [[korni#Template:Nay|korni]] Northern Sami: almmái Norwegian: mann no(no) m. Novial: viro Occitan: òme oc(oc) m. Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: [[мѫжь#Template:Cu|Template:Cyrs]] (mǫžĭ) m. Glagolitic: [[ⰏⰨⰆⰠ#Template:Cu|Template:Glag]] (mǫžĭ) m. Old English: mann ang(ang), guma ang(ang), hæleþ ang(ang), secg ang(ang), beorn ang(ang), wer ang(ang) Old French: hom, homme Old Prussian: wīrs Persian: مرد fa(fa) (mærd) Pitjantjatjara: wati Polish: mężczyzna pl(pl) m., pan pl(pl) m. (deferential), człowiek pl(pl) m. (nondeferential) Portuguese: homem pt(pt) m., varão pt(pt) m. Powhatan: [[nimarew#Template:Pim|nimarew]] Punjabi: aadmi m. Template:Rfscript Template:Rfscript Rapa Nui: tangata Romanian: bărbat ro(ro) m. Russian: мужчина ru(ru) (mužčína) m. Samogitian: [[vīrs#Template:Bat-smg|vīrs]] m. Scottish Gaelic: fear gd(gd) m., duine gd(gd) m. Slovak: muž sk(sk) Slovene: moški sl(sl) m., mož sl(sl) m. Spanish: varón es(es) m., hombre es(es) m. Swedish: man sv(sv) Taos: sə́onena Telugu: పురుషుడు te(te) (purushuDu), మగవాడు te(te) (magavaaDu) Tetum: mane Thai: ผู้ชาย th(th) (pôo chaai), ชาย th(th) (chaai) Tok Pisin: man tpi(tpi) Tswana: monna tn(tn) Tupinambá: abá Turkish: adam tr(tr), erkek tr(tr) Ukrainian: чоловік uk(uk) (čolovík) m. Urdu: آدمی ur(ur) (ādmī), مرد ur(ur) (mard), پرش ur(ur) (puruṣ) Vietnamese: đàn ông vi(vi) Volapük: man vo(vo) sg., mans vo(vo) pl. Warlpiri: wati Welsh: gŵr cy(cy) m., dyn cy(cy) m. West Frisian: man fy(fy) c. Western Apache: nnee, nndee, ndee, indee Yiddish: מאַן yi(yi) (man) m., מענער yi(yi) (mener) pl.

human

Albanian: njeri sq(sq) Arabic: إنسان ar(ar) ('insaan) m. Armenian: մարդ hy(hy) (mard) Aromanian: [[om#Template:Rup|om]] Basque: gizon eu(eu), gizaki eu(eu) Belarusian: чалавек be(be) (čalavék) m. Bulgarian: човек bg(bg) (čovék) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 人 cmn(cmn) (rén), 人類 cmn(cmn), 人类 cmn(cmn) (rénlèi) Coptic: [[ⲣⲱⲙⲉ#Template:Cop|Template:Copt]] (rōme) Croatian: čovjek hr(hr) Czech: člověk cs(cs) m. Danish: menneske da(da) n. Dutch: mens nl(nl) Esperanto: homo eo(eo) Ewe: ame, amegbetɔ French: homme fr(fr) m. German: Mensch de(de) Greek: άνθρωπος el(el) (ánθropos) m. Hindi: आदमी hi(hi) (ādmī) m. Hungarian: ember hu(hu) Icelandic: manneskja is(is) f., maður is(is) m. Indonesian: orang id(id) Irish: duine ga(ga) m.

Japanese: 人 ja(ja) (ひと, hito), 人間 ja(ja) (にんげん, ningen) Korean: 사람 ko(ko) (saram) Kurdish: مرۆڤ ku(ku) Macedonian: човек mk(mk) (čóvek) m. Malayalam: മനുഷ്യന്‍ ml(ml) (manushyan) Mapudungun: che Mari: айдеме Norwegian: menneske no(no) n. Old Church Slavonic: [[чловѣкъ#Template:Cu|Template:Cyrs]] (člověkŭ) m. Polish: człowiek pl(pl) m. Rapa Nui: tangata Rohingya: [[manúic#Template:Rhg|manúic]] Romani: manush Romanian: om ro(ro) m. Russian: человек ru(ru) (čelovék) m. Scottish Gaelic: duine gd(gd) m. Slovak: človek sk(sk) m. Spanish: gente es(es) f., hombre es(es) m., ser humano es(es) m. Swedish: människa sv(sv) f. Thai: มนุษย์ th(th) (má-nút) Urdu: آدمی ur(ur) (ādmī) m. Vietnamese: người vi(vi) West Frisian: minske fy(fy) c.

piece in board games

Basque: pieza eu(eu) Bulgarian: фигура bg(bg) (figúra) f. Dutch: pion nl(nl) m., speelstuk nl(nl) n. Esperanto: ŝakpeco eo(eo), ŝakero eo(eo) Estonian: nupp et(et) Finnish: pelinappula fi(fi), nappula fi(fi), äijä fi(fi) (colloquial), ukko fi(fi) (colloquial) French: pion fr(fr) m. German: Stein de(de) m., Spielfigur de(de) f. Greek: πιόνι el(el) (pióni) n., πούλι el(el) (púli) n. Hungarian: paraszt hu(hu) Italian: pedina it(it) f.

Japanese:  ja(ja) (いし, ishi),  ja(ja) (こま, koma) Kurdish: berik ku(ku) Macedonian: човече mk(mk) (čóvečе) n. Norwegian: brikke no(no) m. Polish: pionek pl(pl) m. Russian: фигура ru(ru) (figúra) f. Spanish: peón es(es) m. Swedish: spelpjäs sv(sv) c. Turkish: taş tr(tr) West Frisian: minske fy(fy) c.

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Hawaiian: kanaka, kāne Ido: viro, homo

Central Sierra Miwok: naŋˑa- Occitan: òme Pitjantjatjara: wati

Verb

Infinitive to Man

Third person singular man

Simple past ed

Past participle -

Present participle n

to Man (third-person singular simple present man, present participle n, simple past and past participle ed)

1. (transitive) To supply with staff or crew (of either sex).

   The shipped was manned with a small crew.

2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate something.

   Man the machine guns!

Derived terms

• overman v

Translations

to supply with staff or crew

Afrikaans: beman af(af) Arabic: زود بالجند ar(ar) Dutch: bemannen nl(nl) Finnish: täyttää fi(fi), miehittää fi(fi)

German: bemannen de(de) Icelandic: manna is(is) Kurdish: dagirtin ku(ku), dagir kirin ku(ku) Norwegian: bemanne no(no)

to take up position in order to operate something

Afrikaans: beman af(af) Dutch: bemannen nl(nl) German: bemannen de(de)

Norwegian: bemanne no(no) Swedish: bemanna sv(sv)

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Hebrew: לאייש he(he) (le’aiesh), לספק כוח אדם he(he) (le’sipek kokha adam)

See also

• boy
• male

Interjection

Man

1. An interjection used to place emphasis upon something or someone.

   Man, that was a great catch!

   Template:Geordie Hoo man woman!

   Template:Geordie Giv'is a bottle of dog man!

Quotations

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Anagrams

• AMN,
• MNA
• 'nam, Nam

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Albanian

Noun

Man m.

1. mulberry tree

Verb

Man

1. to feed
2. to fatten

Derived terms

• maj = I feed

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“‘neck’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maːn/, [mæːˀn]

Noun

Man c. (singular definite Manen, plural indefinite Maner)

1. mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse)

Inflection

    Inflection of Man

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Man	Manen	Maner	Manerne
genitive	Mans	Manens	Maners	Manernes

Related terms

• manke c.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse menn, plural form of man. Transition to pronoun by German influence.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /man/, [man]

Pronoun

Man (indefinite pronoun)

1. you
2. they, people
3. we, one

Etymology 3

See mane.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maːn/, [mæːˀn]

Verb

Man

1. Imperative of mane.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɑn/

Etymology

Germanic, cognate with English man, German Mann.

Noun

Man m. (plural mannen, diminutive mannetje or manneke, diminutive plural mannetjes or manneken)

also has Archaic plurals: lieden and lui

1. man human male, either adult or age-irrespective

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

2. husband, male spouse

Derived terms

alleman andermans m. belleman m. bemannen, bemanning Bosjesman m. drieman m. edelman m.

grietman m. hoofdman m. iemand kiesman m. koopman m. landsman m. leenman m.

mandag mangat n. manhaftig mankracht mannelijk manschap m. manuur n. meerman m. melkman m.

niemand m. ontmannen overmannen raadsman m. speelman m. tienman m. vakman m. voorman m. weerman m. zeeman m.

Related terms

• men

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Faroese

Verb

Man

1. First and third person singular present of munna.

   I, he, she, it will / may

Conjugation

Template:Fo-conj-munna

Derived terms

• tað man vera (so) - this may be (so)
• tað man óivað vera beinari - this will doubtless be more correct

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Pronoun

Man

1. (colloquial) one, they (indefinite third person singular pronoun)

Synonyms

• (standard): mann

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

Template:Fur-noun

1. hand

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Sardinian [[manu#Template:Sc|manu]], Spanish mano.

Noun

Man f. (plural mans)

1. (anatomy) hand

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German

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

Man

1. Template:Indefinite one, they (indefinite third person singular pronoun)

   was man sehen kann — what one can see

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Icelandic

Noun

Man n.

1. maid

Verb

Man

1. Past, first person of the verb of að muna. I remember

   Ég man ekki.

   I don't remember.

2. Past, third person of the verb of að muna. he/she/it remembered

   Hann man hvað gerðist.

   He remembered what happened.

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Japanese

Noun

Man (hiragana まん)

1. [[#Japanese|]]: ten thousand
2. マン: man

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Kurdish

Verb

Man

1. to stay
2. to remain

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [man]

Pronoun

mán

1. Template:Lt-form-pronoun

   Duok man tą knygą.

   Give me that book.

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Low Saxon

Conjunction

Man [[Category:basso sassone conjunctions|Man]]

1. only, but

Synonyms

• avers
• bloots

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

man

1. Nonstandard spelling of mān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of mán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of màn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian

Pronoun

Man

1. you
2. one
3. they
4. people

Noun

Man

1. (horse) mane

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ma]

Noun

Man f. (plural Mans)

1. hand

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Old English

Etymology 1

From mann.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /man/

Pronoun

Man

1. one, someone, they (often used to form the passive)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Old Saxon mēn, Old High German mein, Old Norse mein.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma:n/

Noun

Template:Ang-noun

1. crime, sin, wickedness

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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  (definitions noun 1.-3. and pronoun 1.)

Noun

Man c. IPA: ˈman, if not stated else.

1. man (adult male human)
2. husband
3. Template:Military Member of a troop.
4. IPA: ˈmɑːn mane (of a horse or lion)

Inflection

Template:Sv-noun Template:Sv-noun-nolink Template:Sv-noun

Pronoun

Man c. (accusative/dative en, plural ena, possesive ens, reflexive sig, possessive reflexive common sin, possessive reflexive neuter sitt, possessive reflexive plural sina)

1. Template:Indefinite one, they; people in general

   vad man kan se — what one can see

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English man.

Noun

Template:Tpi-noun

1. man (adult male human)

Antonyms

• meri

Derived terms

• manmeri
• paniman

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English man.

Noun

Man [[Category:Template:Tcs nouns|Man]]

1. husband
2. a married man
3. any man

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Welsh

Noun

Man [[Category:Template:Cy nouns|Man]]

1. place.

Mutation

Template:Cy-mut-m

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• [[w:Template:Fy phonology|IPA]]: /mɔn/

Noun

Man [[Category:Template:Fy nouns|Man]] (pl. men, manlju)

1. man
2. husband

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Wik-Mungkan

Noun

Man [[Category:Template:Wim nouns|Man]]

1. neck

Derived terms

• man awal
• man ngaat
• man poonchal

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