humane

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Variant form of human, now preserved in specialized senses.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hjuːˈmeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

humane (comparative more humane, superlative most humane)

1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.

   It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.

   As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.

2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.7:

     many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself.

3. Obsolete spelling of human.

Antonyms

• inhuman, inhumane

Derived terms

• humanely

Related terms

human humanist

humanitarian humanity

Translations

with regard for the health and well-being of another

• Armenian: մարդկային (hy) (mardkayin) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有人情 (cmn) (yoǔrénqíng), 人道的 (cmn) (réndào de)

• Dutch: humaan (nl)
• Esperanto: humana (eo)
• Estonian: inimlik (et)
• Finnish: inhimillinen (fi)
• Georgian: ჰუმანური (ka) (humanuri) 
• German: human (de), menschlich (de)

• Hebrew: אנושי (he) (enoshí)
• Icelandic: mannúðlegur (is)
• Japanese: 人道的 (ja) (じんどうてき, jintōteki)
• Latvian: cilvēcīgs (lv), humāns (lv)
• Polish: ludzki (pl) m, humanitarny (pl) m
• Portuguese: humano (pt)
• Russian: человечный (ru) (čelovéčnyj) , гуманный (ru) (gumánnyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: truacanta (gd)
• Spanish: humano (es)
• Swedish: human (sv)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /huˈmane/
• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ne

Adverb

humane

1. humanely

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Latin

Etymology

From hūmānus (“humane, noble”)

Adverb

hūmānē (comparative hūmānius, superlative hūmānissimē)

1. humanly, in a human manner.
2. humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.

Synonyms

• (humanly): hūmāniter, hūmānitus
• (humanely): hūmāniter, hūmānitus

Related terms

hūmāna hūmānitas hūmāniter hūmānitus

hūmānō hūmānum hūmānus

References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Swedish

Adjective

humane

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of human.