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man

See also: Appendix:Variations of "man"

Translingual Edit

Symbol Edit

man

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mandingo.

English Edit

 
Man: Male human. Detail from a Pioneer 11 spacecraft picture

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu.

Alternative forms Edit

  • (singular): mang (dialectal rendering, suggesting a Spanish accent), mane (dialectal rendering, suggesting an AAVE 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, man, mandem (Multicultural London English),[1] mens (nonstandard, African-American Vernacular), mxn (rare, feminist), myn (very rare, chiefly humorous)
  • (interjection): maaan (elongated)

Noun Edit

man (plural men)

  1. An adult male human.
    The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
      The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
  2. (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.
  3. A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
    every man for himself
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
      […] a man cannot make him laugh.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:17:
      Recompence to no man euill for euill.
    • 1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: Printed by A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC; republished as Geoffrey Keynes, edited by John Sparrow, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: […], Cambridge: At the University Press, 1923, →OCLC, page 98, lines 2–3:
      No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
    • 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.
    • 1793 August, Edmund Burke, “The Right Hon. Edmund Burke to the Comte de Mercy”, in Charles William [Wentworth-Fitzwilliam], [5th] Earl Fitzwilliam, Richard Bourke, editors, Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Between the Year 1744, and the Period of His Decease, in 1797, volume IV, London: Francis & John Rivington, […], published 1844, pages 144–145:
      Without this help, such a deplorable havoc is made in the minds of men (both sexes) in France, still more than in the external order of things, and the evil is so great and spreading, that a remedy is impossible on any other terms.
    • 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?
  4. (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.
    • 1991, Barry J. Blake, Australian Aboriginal Languages: A General Introduction, page 75:
      Academics who study Aboriginal languages are […] contributing to Man’s search for knowledge, a search that interests most people even if they are not personally involved in it.
    • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist‎[2], volume 408, number 8845:
      Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
    • 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.
  6. (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.
  7. 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 Child Ballads:
      For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
      God's a good man.
    • 1609 December (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      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.
  8. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “In The Enemy’s Camp”, in Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part VI (Captain Silver), page 234:
      He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house […]
    • 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 […].
  9. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
  10. A husband.
  11. A male lover; a boyfriend.
  12. 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.)
    Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
  13. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
    I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. An adult male servant.
  17. (historical) A vassal; a subject.
    Like master, like man.
    (old proverb)
    all the king's men
    • 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.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
      No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
  18. A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
    • 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.
  19. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
    Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
  20. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
    Hey, man, how's it goin'?
  21. (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."
    • 2023 March 26, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎[3]:
      The second arrived three minutes later and was all Saka's own work, the Arsenal winger turning away from his man on the edge of the area and curling a superb effort beyond the reach of Anatoliy Trubin and into the top corner.
Usage notes Edit
  • 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.[2] 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",[2] "flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race".[3] 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.[4] Some style guides recommend against generic "man",[5] 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.[3]
    • 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 Edit
Coordinate terms Edit
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit

See also descendants of -man.

  • Tok Pisin: man
  • → Cantonese: man
  • → Chinook Jargon: man
  • → Korean: 맨 (maen)
  • → Mandarin: man (mān)
  • → Spanish: man
  • → Thai: แมน (mɛɛn)
  • → Volapük: man
Translations Edit
See man/translations § Noun.
See also Edit

Adjective Edit

man (not comparable)

  1. Only used in man enough

Interjection Edit

man

  1. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
    Man, that was a great catch!
    • 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian‎[4]:
      The 19 meandering minutes of Dark Star are attractive enough but, man, they go on, while poor Creedence Clearwater Revival – headliners, with Bad Moon Rising still in the charts – are watching the clock tick in the wings.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
Translations Edit
See man/translations § Interjection.

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. (MLE, slang, personal pronoun) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
    man's got some new creps
    • 2011, Top Boy:
      Sully: If it weren’t for that snake […] Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
    • 2013, Jenny Cheshire, “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎[5], volume 17, number 5, page 609:
      before I got arrested man paid for my own ticket to go Jamaica you know . but I’ve never paid to go on no holiday before this time I paid (Dexter, MLE)
    • 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”‎[6]performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:
      The girl told me, "take off your jacket" / I said, "Babe, man's not hot" (never hot)
    • 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:
      Blood I swear she just gave man extra chicken? Two fat pieces of chicken.
  2. (MLE, slang, personal pronoun) You; construed in the third person.
    man thinks i was born yesterday
    • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):
      Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
  3. (MLE, slang, indefinite personal pronoun) Any person, one
    man don't care
    • c. 1450, Thomas Chestre, Libeaus Desconus:
      He was of all colours Þat man may se of flours Be-twene Mydsomer and May.
    • 2013, Jenny Cheshire, “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎[7], volume 17, number 5, page 609:
      I don’t really mind how . how my girl looks if she looks decent yeah and there’s one bit of her face that just looks mashed yeah . I don’t care it’s her personality man’s looking at (Alex, Multicultural London English corpus [MLE])
Usage notes Edit

The usage of man as a pronoun originally died out in the 15th century. It has independently reappeared in Multicultural London English. There it is most commonly used as a first person pronoun or as an indefinite personal pronoun, but uses in the second and third person are also attested.[1]

Etymology 2 Edit

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”), Danish bemande (“to man”), Swedish bemanna (“to man”), Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, man”).

Verb Edit

man (third-person singular simple present mans, present participle manning, simple past and past participle manned)

  1. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
    The ship was manned with a small crew.
    • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39:
      In Britain, nearly 2,500 steam locomotives were built, 999 to new designs. Although the latter were modern, they were still labour-intensive to man and maintain, during a period of full employment when working for poor pay in the dirty railway environment was unattractive.
  2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
    Man the machine guns!
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
      ‘Avast!’ roared Ahab, dashing him against the bulwarks — ‘Man the boat! Which way heading?’
  3. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
    • 1876, Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies:
      he manned himself heroically
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
  6. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
See man/translations § Verb.

Etymology 3 Edit

Clipping of manual

Proper noun Edit

man

  1. (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
Derived terms Edit

References Edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jenny Cheshire (2013), “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎[1], volume 17, issue 5, pages 608–633
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “man”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  4. ^ American Heritage Dictionary, 5th edition
  5. ^ Purdue OWL

Further reading Edit

Anagrams Edit

Abinomn Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. moon

Afrikaans Edit

Etymology Edit

From Dutch man, from Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man (plural mans or manne, diminutive mannetjie)

  1. man
  2. husband

Usage notes Edit

  • 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:
Vroue en mans moet gelyke regte hê. ― Women and men must have equal rights.
Die manne het goed gespeel vandag. ― The men played well today.

Albanian Edit

 
Mulberries on a tree.

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

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 Edit

Noun Edit

man m (plural mana, definite mani, definite plural manat)

  1. mulberry, mulberry tree

Declension Edit

Declension of man
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative man mana mani manat
accusative manin
dative mani manave manit manavet
ablative manash

Hyponyms Edit

Aragonese Edit

Etymology Edit

Akin to Spanish mano, from Latin manus.

Noun Edit

man f

  1. hand

Arigidi Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. I, first person singular pronoun, as subject

References Edit

  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)\
  • Boluwaji Oshodi (December 2011) A Reference Grammar of Arigidi, Montem Paperbacks, →ISBN

Bagirmi Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. water

References Edit

  • R. C. Stevenson, Bagirmi Grammar (1969)

Bariai Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. bird

References Edit

Bikol Central Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

man (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. also
    Synonym: pati

Particle Edit

man (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. used to abate or soften the impacts of negatives and commands
    Dai man iyan ― It's nothing.

Bonggo Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. bird

References Edit

  • George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Caló Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. Contraction of mangue (“I, me”).

References Edit

  • “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 Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man. Compare Tagalog man.

Pronunciation Edit

Particle Edit

man

  1. gives information; could be omitted
    (Person 1): Hain man si Pedro?
    (Person 2): Tua man 'to siya sa Carcar
    (Person 1): Where is Pedro?
    (Person 2): He is/was there in Carcar
  2. contradicts a previous statement or presumption; usually with the particle ugod/gud
    (Person 1): Hain man si Pedro?
    (Person 2): Tua siya sa Carcar
    (Person 3 responding to person 2): Tua man gud siya sa Cebu
    (Person 1): Where is Pedro?
    (Person 2): He is in Carcar
    (Person 3): No, he's in Cebu
  3. makes a question not abrupt
    Hain man si Pedro?
    Where is Pedro?
    Could you tell me where Pedro is?

Chinese Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English man, from Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”).

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

man

  1. (informal) manly; masculine

See also Edit

Chinook Jargon Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English man.

Noun Edit

man

  1. man

Synonyms Edit

Antonyms Edit

Adjective Edit

man

  1. male

Antonyms Edit

Chuukese Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. Alternative spelling of maan

Cimbrian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun Edit

man m (Tredici Comuni)

  1. man
  2. husband

References Edit

Czech Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Czech man, from Middle High German and Old High German man.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈman]
  • Hyphenation: man

Noun Edit

man m anim (feminine manka)

  1. (historical) vassal, feoffee
    Synonyms: vazal, leník

Declension Edit

Declension of man (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative man manové
genitive mana manů
dative manovi, manu manům
accusative mana many
vocative mane manové
locative manovi, manu manech
instrumental manem many

Derived terms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • man in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • man in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man c (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)

  1. (rare, used primarily by horse specialists) mane (longer hair growth on the back of the neck of a horse)
    Synonym: manke
Declension Edit
Declension of man
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative man manen maner manerne
genitive mans manens maners manernes

Etymology 2 Edit

The same word as the noun mand (“man”). Calque of German man.

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

man (accusative en or én, possessive ens or éns)

  1. you, one, they, people (a general, unspecified person)
  2. I (used modestly instead of the first-person pronoun)
  3. you (used derogatorily instead of the second-person pronoun)

Etymology 3 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /maːˀn/, [ˈmæˀn]

Verb Edit

man

  1. imperative of mane

Dutch Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man m (plural mannen or man or mans, diminutive mannetje n or manneke n or manneken n)

  1. man, human male, either adult or age-irrespective
    De man liep rustig door het park.
    The man walked calmly through the park.
    De jonge mannen speelden voetbal op het veld.
    The young men were playing soccer on the field.
    De oudere man glimlachte vriendelijk naar de kinderen.
    The older man smiled kindly at the children.
  2. husband, male spouse
    Ze is al jaren gelukkig getrouwd met haar man.
    She has been happily married to her husband for years.
    Hij is een zorgzame man en een geweldige vader.
    He is a caring husband and a great father.
    Haar man verraste haar met een romantisch diner.
    Her husband surprised her with a romantic dinner.

Usage notes Edit

  • 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 Edit

Related terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • Afrikaans: man
  • Jersey Dutch: mān
  • Negerhollands: man
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: mani (dated)
  • → Caribbean Javanese: mang

Anagrams Edit

Fala Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man f (plural mans or más)

  1. hand

References Edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[8], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese Edit

Verb Edit

man

  1. first/third-person singular present of munna
    I, he, she, it will / may

Derived terms Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

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

Synonyms Edit

French Edit

Etymology Edit

Blend of mon +‎ ma.

Pronunciation Edit

Determiner Edit

man n (singular, plural mes)

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism) my
    Man colocataire a fait son coming out non-binaire.
    My roommate came out as non-binary.

Related terms Edit

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1 ma mes
Second person ton1 ta tes
Third person son1 sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre2 vos2
Third person leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

Friulian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Noun Edit

man m (plural mans)

  1. hand

Gaikundi Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. foot

Further reading Edit

Galician Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • mão (reintegrationist spelling, lusista)
  • mam (reintegrationist spelling)
  • mao (central and eastern Galicia)

Etymology Edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus. Cognate with Portuguese mão and Spanish mano.

Noun Edit

man f (plural mans)

  1. hand
  2. (figurative) ownership; protection; power; grasp

Usage notes Edit

Derived terms Edit

References Edit

  • “mão” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mãao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “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 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”).

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
    Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will.
    You can’t always get what you want.
    Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen.
    Sometimes one must compromise.
    • 2008, Frank Behmeta, Wenn ich die Augen öffne, page 55:
      Kann man es fühlen, wenn man schwanger ist?
      Can one feel that one is pregnant?
  2. they, people (people in general)
    Zumindest sagt man das so...
    At least that’s what they say...
  3. someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
  4. they (some unspecified group of people)
Usage notes Edit
  • 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 Edit

From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).

Adverb Edit

man

  1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany) just; only
    Komm man hier rüber!
    Just come over here!
    Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so.
    These are only thirty or so.

Further reading Edit

German Low German Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).

Conjunction Edit

man

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) only; but

Synonyms Edit

  • (in various dialects) avers, awer (and many variations thereof; for which, see those entries)
  • (in some dialects) bloots

Gothic Edit

Romanization Edit

man

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽

Icelandic Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse man, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (with unstressed prefix *ga-).

Noun Edit

man n (genitive singular mans, nominative plural mön)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, collective) slaves
  2. (archaic, countable) a female slave
  3. (archaic or poetic, countable) maiden
Declension Edit
declension of man
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative man manið mön mönin
accusative man manið mön mönin
dative mani maninu mönum mönunum
genitive mans mansins mana mananna
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From mana (“to dare [someone] [to do something]”).

Noun Edit

man n (genitive singular mans, no plural)

  1. the act of daring someone to do something; provocation, dare
Declension Edit
declension of man
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative man manið
accusative man manið
dative mani maninu
genitive mans mansins

Etymology 3 Edit

Appears in Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s 1584 Bible translation. Borrowed from German Man (in Luther’s 1534 German Bible), from Hebrew מן (mān, “manna”).

Noun Edit

man n (indeclinable)

  1. (biblical, obsolete) manna
    • 1584, “Exodus. Aunnur Bok Moſe”, in Guðbrandur Þorláksson, transl., Biblia, Þad Er Øll Heiloͤg Ritning vtloͤgd a Norrænu‎[9], Hólar: Jón Jónsson, chapter 16, verse 33, page 76:
      Og Moſes ſegde til Aaron / Tak þier eina Føtu / og legg eirn Gomor fullan af Man þar i / og lꜳt þad vardueitaſt fyrer DROTTNI til ydar ep[t]erkomande Kynkuijſla
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms Edit

Etymology 4 Edit

Verb Edit

man

  1. first-person singular present indicative of muna; I remember
    Ég man ekki.
    I don't remember.
  2. third-person singular present indicative of muna; he/she/it remembers
    Hann man hvað gerðist.
    He remembers what happened.

References Edit

Istriot Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Noun Edit

man m

  1. hand

Japanese Edit

Romanization Edit

man

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of マン

Kapampangan Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Philippine *man.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

man

  1. although; even if; even though
    Synonyms: mo, agyang pa
  2. also; too
    Synonyms: din, pati

Derived terms Edit

Ladin Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Noun Edit

man f (plural mans)

  1. (Gherdëina, Badiot, Fascian) hand
    Auzé la man ciancia.
    To lift the left hand.
    L ie na lëtra scrita a man.
    It's a letter written by hand.
    Dé na man
    To give a hand (to help)

Latvian Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. to me; dative singular of es

Ligurian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man f (plural moæn)

  1. hand

Lithuanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

mán

  1. first-person singular dative of aš
    Dúok mán tą̃ knỹgą.
    Give me that book.

Lombard Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • ma, mà (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /maːn/, [maːŋ] (Western)
  • IPA(key): /maː/, [ma(ː)] (Eastern)

Noun Edit

man f (plural man)

  1. hand

Luxembourgish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

man (third-person singular present meet, past participle gemat or gemeet, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (regional, southern dialects) Alternative form of maachen

Mandarin Edit

Romanization Edit

man

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

Usage notes Edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun Edit

man m

  1. human
  2. person
  3. man, male
  4. husband
  5. subordinate

Inflection Edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms Edit

- general:

- persons:

Descendants Edit

Further reading Edit

Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old English man (“one, a person”).

Alternative forms Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  2. Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you (indefinite).
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
References Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. Alternative form of mon (“man”)

Etymology 3 Edit

Verb Edit

man

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

Miskito Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. (in the singular) you

See also Edit

Miskito personal pronouns
Singular Plural
First inclusive yawan
exclusive yang yang nani
Second man man nani
Third witin witin nani

Norman Edit

 
Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun Edit

man f (plural mans)

  1. (France, anatomy) hand

Etymology 2 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective Edit

man (feminine ma)

  1. my (belonging to me)
Coordinate terms Edit
  • tan (“your”)
  • san (“hers, his, its”)

North Frisian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Pronoun Edit

man m (feminine min, neuter min, plural min)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) my

Northern Kurdish Edit

Verb Edit

man

  1. to stay
  2. to remain

Northern Sami Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. accusative/genitive singular of mii

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

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

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man f or m (definite singular mana or manen, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)

  1. a mane (of a horse)

References Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

Noun Edit

man f (definite singular mana, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)

  1. mane (of a horse)

References Edit

Occitan Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Occitan man, from Latin manus.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man f (plural mans)

  1. hand

Old Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun Edit

man m

  1. human, person
  2. man, male

Inflection Edit

Declension of man
Singular Plural
nominative man manna
accusative man manna
genitive mannis manno
dative manne mannon

Derived terms Edit

Derived terms

Descendants Edit

Further reading Edit

  • “man (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From mann.

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September, When Job Is Read"
      Man sċeal lǣwedum mannum seċġan be heora andġietes mǣðe, swā þæt hīe ne bēon þurh þā dēopnesse ǣmōde ne þurh þā langsumnesse ǣþrȳtte.
      One has to talk to laymen according to how much they understand, so they are not intimidated by the depth of what one is saying or bored by the length.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael"
      Sē hrōf ēac swelċe hæfde mislīċe hēanesse: on sumre stōwe hine man meahte mid hēafde ġerǣċan, on sumre mid handa earfoþlīċe.
      The height of the roof was also uneven: you could touch one part of it with the top of your head, and barely reach another part with your hand.
    • c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
      Hēr man mæġ ġīet ġesēon heora swaðu, ac wē him ne cunnon æfter spyrian.
      Here you can still see their footprints, but we don't know how to follow them.
  2. they, people (people in general)
  3. someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
    • c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum‎[10]:
      Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.
      If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.
  4. they (some unspecified group of people)
  5. often used where modern English would use the passive voice
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Hine man sċeal lǣdan tō þām lǣċe.
      He should be taken to the doctor.
    • Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "On the Beginning of Creation"
      Þā sē Hǣlend ċild wæs, eall hine man fēdde swā man ōðru ċildru fētt. Hē læġ on cradole bewunden, ealswā ōðru ċildru dōþ. Hine man bær oþ hē self gān meahte.
      When Jesus was a baby, he was fed just like other babies are fed. He lay wrapped up in a cradle, just like other babies do. He was carried until he could walk by himself.
  6. it
    • c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
      Man ġeseah swelċe sē heofon burne.
      It looked like the sky was on fire.
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Man ġeseah swelċe ān fȳren hring norðan cōme.
      It looked like a ring of fire was coming from the north.
    • c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum‎[11]:
      Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.
      If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.
Descendants Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

See mann.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man m

  1. Alternative form of mann
Declension Edit
Declension of man (strong consonant stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative man men
accusative man men
genitive manes mana
dative men manum

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mān n

  1. crime, sin, wickedness
Derived terms Edit

Old High German Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun Edit

man m

  1. man

Declension Edit

Declension of man (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative man manna
accusative man manna
genitive mannes manno
dative manne mannum
instrumental mannu —

Descendants Edit

Old Norse Edit

Etymology Edit

Probably from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“fellow human”)

Noun Edit

man n (genitive mans, plural mǫn)

  1. household, house-folk, bondslaves
  2. bondwoman, female slave
  3. woman, maid
    • 900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verse 7:
      Sáttir þínar er ek vil snemma hafa
      ok þat gjaforð geta;
      eiga vilja heldr en án vera
      þat it mjallhvíta man.
      Quickly will I have your agreement
      and win the word of marriage;
      I would rather own than be without
      that pale maid.

Declension Edit

  Declension of man (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative man manit mǫn mǫnin
accusative man manit mǫn mǫnin
dative mani maninu mǫnum mǫnunum
genitive mans mansins mana mananna

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

References Edit

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[12], Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Occitan Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Noun Edit

man f (oblique plural mans, nominative singular man, nominative plural mans)

  1. hand (anatomy)

Descendants Edit

References Edit

Old Saxon Edit

Noun Edit

man m

  1. Alternative form of mann

Old Spanish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin māne (“morning”).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man f (plural manes)

  1. 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 Edit

Papiamentu Edit

 

Etymology Edit

From Spanish mano.

Noun Edit

man

  1. hand

Romani Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. accusative of me

Sambali Edit

Adverb Edit

man

  1. also

Saterland Frisian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German man. Related to German Low German man and Swedish men.

Conjunction Edit

man

  1. but

Adverb Edit

man

  1. but, just

Etymology 2 Edit

From an unstressed variant of Old Frisian mon (“man”). Compare Dutch men and German man.

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. one, they
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:23:
      Sjooët, n Maiden skäl n Bäiden undfange, n Súun skäl ju uurwinne, un man skäl him dän Nome Immanuel reke, dät hat uursät: God is mäd uus.
      Behold, a virgin shall become pregnant with a child, she will give birth to a son, and they shall give him the name Immanuel, which is translated: God is with us.
Related terms Edit
  • Mon (“man, husband”)

References Edit

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “man”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic Edit

Preposition Edit

man (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise, no mutation)

  1. (Lewis) Alternative form of mar

Spanish Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English man.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈman/ [ˈmãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: man

Noun Edit

man m (plural mans or manes)

  1. (Latin America, colloquial) man, guy, dude
    Synonyms: tipo, tío, see also Thesaurus:tío
    • 2017, “Bella”, performed by Wolfine:
      Me dijeron que andabas un poco triste / Que te pusiste a beber y con un man por ahí te fuiste
      I heard you were feeling down / That you'd been drinking and took off with some guy

Further reading Edit

Sranan Tongo Edit

Etymology Edit

From English man.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. man, male human
    A man no ben man taki. ― The man could not speak.

Derived terms Edit

Verb Edit

man

  1. to be able to
    A man no ben man taki. ― The man could not speak.
    • 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:
      Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku
      If you aren't able to carry a head pad / you shouldn't bother with a basket

Synonyms Edit

Sumerian Edit

Romanization Edit

man

  1. Romanization of 𒎙 (man)

Swedish Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Swedish maþer, mander, from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man m

  1. man (adult male human)
    En man går på gatan.
    A man walks on the street.
    Ungefär hundra män deltog i loppet.
    Around one hundred men took part in the race.
    I äldre tider sa man att björnen ägde sju mans styrka men en mans vett.
    In older times, they said the bear has the strength of seven men but the sense of one man.
  2. husband
    Vi går till caféet med våra män.
    We go to the café with our husbands.
  3. a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop
    Vi var sjuttio man som slet i gruvan.
    We were seventy men who toiled in the mine.
  4. (slang, in the definite "mannen") man (usually friendly term of address)
    Jalla, mannen! ― Hurry up, man!
Usage notes Edit

(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:

Med tre man kan vi lyfta byrån ― With three people we can lift the cupboard
Military or police personnel, team members, demonstrators and the like are often counted using this unchanged plural. The same goes with German and Dutch where Mann and man can have an unchanged plural form in this particular case.

(husband): Not used in other contexts, where it could be confused with a man in general.

Declension Edit
Declension of man 1, 2, 3
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative man mannen män männen
Genitive mans mannens mäns männens
Declension of man 3
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative man mannen mannar, man mannarna
Genitive mans mannens mannars, mans mannarnas
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit

(husband): make, gemål

Pronoun Edit

man c

  1. (indefinite) one, they; people in general
    så vitt man vet
    as far as one knows
Usage notes Edit

Does not sound formal the way English one might when substituted for you. Usually the only option in cases where both you and one might be used in English, as Swedish du (“you”) and ni (“you (plural)”) read more like "you, specifically."

Declension Edit

See Template:sv-decl-ppron for more pronouns.

Derived terms Edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Swedish man, from Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man c

  1. mane (of a horse or lion)
Declension Edit
Declension of man 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative man manen manar manarna
Genitive mans manens manars manarnas

References Edit

Anagrams Edit

Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

man (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. even (implying extreme example)
    Hindi man lang siya tumawag.
    She did not even at least call.
  2. although; even if; even though
    Synonyms: kahit, maski, bagaman
  3. even; also; too
    Synonyms: din, pati
    Ang bagong panganak man ay may karapatan.
    Even the newborn has rights.

Derived terms Edit

Further reading Edit

Tarpia Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. bird

References Edit

  • 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 Edit

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Etymology Edit

From English man.

Noun Edit

man

  1. man (adult male human)
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:
      ...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.
      →New International Version translation

Adjective Edit

man

  1. male

Antonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Torres Strait Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From English man.

Noun Edit

man

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

Venetian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin manus.

Noun Edit

man f (invariable)

  1. hand

Vietnamese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 瞞 (“to lie”). Also compare 謾 (“to deceive”).

Adjective Edit

man

  1. (only in compounds) dishonest; false; untruthful
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蠻 (“barbarian; unreasonable”).

Noun Edit

man

  1. (derogatory, chiefly in compounds) a savage; barbarian
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 萬 (“ten thousand”, SV: vạn). Doublet of muôn and vạn.

Numeral Edit

man

  1. (archaic) ten thousand; myriad
    một man ― ten thousand
Derived terms Edit

Anagrams Edit

Volapük Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from the descendants of Proto-West Germanic *mann.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

man (nominative plural mans)

  1. man (adult male human)

Declension Edit

declension of man
singular plural
nominative man mans
genitive mana manas
dative mane manes
accusative mani manis
vocative 1 o man! o mans!
predicative 2 manu manus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Coordinate terms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Terms derived from man

Welsh Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle Welsh mann, from Proto-Celtic *mandu (“mark, location”), cognate to Old Irish mind (“crown”), and also related to Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”).

Noun Edit

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. place; location

Etymology 2 Edit

Possibly from Latin menda (“defect, blemish, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”). See Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information..

Noun Edit

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. speck; blemish
  2. stain
  3. distinguishing mark
  4. birthmark; mole
  5. pimple; spot
  6. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. mascle

Etymology 3 Edit

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information..

Noun Edit

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. manna
    Synonym: manna

Mutation Edit

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

References Edit

West Frisian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. man
    Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.
  2. husband
    Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Further reading Edit

Wik-Mungkan Edit

Noun Edit

man

  1. neck

Derived terms Edit

Wolof Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

man

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also Edit

Wolof personal pronouns
singular subject plural subject singular object plural object
1st person Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.
2nd person Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.
3rd person Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Yola Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle English man, from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann.

Noun Edit

man (plural mannes)

  1. man
  2. husband
    Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

References Edit

Zealandic Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun Edit

man m (plural mannen)

  1. man
  2. husband
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