human

English

Etymology

From Middle French humain, from Latin hūmānus (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”), from homo (“man, human”). Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century.

Displaced Old English guma (whence Modern English groom).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈçjuː.mən̩/, /ˈhjuː.mən̩/, X-SAMPA: /"Cju:.m@n/, /"hju:.m@n/
  • (NY, some other US dialects) IPA: /ˈjuː.mən̩/, X-SAMPA: /"ju:.m@n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːmən
• Hyphenation: hu‧man

Adjective

human (comparative more human, superlative most human)

1. (no comparative or superlative) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
2. (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.

Synonyms

• mennish

Related terms

• humane
• humanitarian
• humanitarianism
• humanity

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective or noun human

human behaviour human being human botfly human capital human chattel human chorionic gonadotropin human-computer interaction human condition human death human development Human Genome Project human immunodeficiency virus human insulin

human interest humanism humanist humanization humanize humanizer human knot human kind, humankind humanly human movement human nature humanoid human papillomavirus

human pyramid human race human relations human resources (HR) human rights human trafficking inhuman inhumane nonhuman, non-human to err is human

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Translations

of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens

• Afrikaans: mens (af)
• Armenian: մարդկային (hy) (mardkayin)
• Asturian: humanu (ast)
• Catalan: humà (ca)
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: lidský (cs) m
• Danish: menneskelig (da)
• Dutch: menselijk (nl), mens-
• Esperanto: homa (eo)
• Estonian: inim- (et), inimese (et)
• Finnish: inhimillinen (fi), ihmis- (fi)
• French: humain (fr)

  Old French: umain, humain

• Galician: humano (gl)
• German: menschlich (de)
• Greek: ανθρώπινος (el) (anthrópinos) m
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: אֱנוֹשִׁי (he) (enoshí)
• Hindi: मनुष्य (hi) (manuṣya)
• Hungarian: emberi (hu)
• Italian: umano (it)
• Japanese: 人 (ja)

• Khmer: នៃមនុស្សលោក (km) (ney mɔnuh look)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: cilvēcisks (lv)
• Macedonian: човечки (mk) (čóvečki) m
• Malay: manusia (ms)
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: menneskelig (no)
• Old Provençal: uman, human
• Polish: ludzki (pl) m
• Portuguese: humano (pt)
• Romanian: uman (ro), omenesc (ro) m and n
• Romansch: uman (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader), human (rm) (Sursilvan), umaun (rm) (Puter)
• Russian: человеческий (ru) (čelov'éčeskij)
• Sanskrit: मानव (sa) (mānav), मनुष्य (sa) (manuṣya)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonna (gd)
• Slovak: ľudský (sk)
• Slovene: človeški (sl)
• Sotho: motho (st)
• Spanish: humano (es)
• Swedish: mänsklig (sv)
• Telugu: మనిషి (te) (maniṣi)

having the nature or attributes of a human species

• Afrikaans: menslik (af)
• Arabic: آدمي (ar) ('ādmiy), بشري (ar) (bashariy), إنساني (ar) ('insāniy)
• Armenian: մարդկային (hy) (mardkayin)
• Asturian: humanu (ast)
• Catalan: humà (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏴᏫ (chr) (yvwi)
• Czech: lidský (cs) m
• Danish: menneskelig (da), human (da)
• Dutch: menselijk (nl)
• Esperanto: homa (eo)
• Estonian: inimlik (et)
• Finnish: inhimillinen (fi)
• French: humain (fr)
• Friulian: please add this translation if you can
• Galician: humano (gl)
• German: menschlich (de)
• Greek: ανθρώπινος (el) (anthrópinos) m

• Hungarian: emberi (hu)
• Italian: umano (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: cilvēcisks (lv)
• Macedonian: човечки (mk) (čóvečki) m
• Norwegian: menneskelig (no), menneskeaktig (no)
• Polish: ludzki (pl) m
• Portuguese: humano (pt)
• Romansch: uman (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader), human (rm) (Sursilvan), umaun (rm) (Puter)
• Russian: человеческий (ru) (čelov'éčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonna (gd)
• Slovak: ľudský (sk)
• Slovene: človeški (sl)
• Spanish: humano (es)
• Swedish: mänsklig (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Belarusian: чалавечы (čalavéčy) m, людскі (ljúdski) m
• Serbo-Croatian: ljudski m
• Bulgarian: човешки (čoveški) m, pl, човешка f, човешко n
• Mandarin: 人 (rén), 人类 (rénlèi)
• Esperanto: homa
• Estonian: inim-, inimlik, inimese
• Ido: homala
• Igbo: madụ
• Interlingua: human

• Latin: humanus
• Lithuanian: žmoginis m (biological term), žmogiškas m
• Novial: homal (1-3), homatri (2)
• Persian: انسانی (ensani)
• Romanian: uman, omenesc m, umană, omenească f
• Serbo-Croatian: људски, човечнo n, човечнa f

Noun

Rendition of the humans on the Pioneer 10 plaque

human (plural humans)

1. A human being, whether man, woman or child.

   Humans share common ancestors with other apes.

Translations

a human being

• Abkhaz: ауаҩы (ab) (auaòy)
• Ainu: アイヌ (aynu)
• Arabic: إنسان (ar) ('insān) m, ناس (ar) (nās) pl, بشر (ar) (báshar) m, ابن آدم (ar) (ibn 'ādam) m (literally, son of Adam), إنس (ar) ('ins) m
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܢܫܐ (nāshā, nosho) c

  Hebrew: אנשא (nāshā, nosho) c

• Armenian: մարդ (hy) (mard)
• Asturian: humanu (ast) m
• Bashkir: кеше (keše), әҙәм (äđäm), бәндә (bändä)
• Belarusian: чалавек (be) (čalavék) m, людзі (be) (ljúdzi) pl
• Bulgarian: човек (bg) (čovék) m, хора (bg) (hora) pl
• Catalan: humà (ca) m, ésser humà (ca) m
• Chechen: адам
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人類 (cmn), 人类 (cmn) (rénlèi), 人 (cmn) (rén)

• Czech: člověk (cs) m
• Danish: menneske (da)
• Dutch: mens (nl) m
• Esperanto: homo (eo)
• Estonian: inimene (et)
• Faroese: menniskja (fo) n, fólk (fo) n, maður (fo) m
• Finnish: ihminen (fi)
• French: humain (fr) m, humaine (fr) f
• Galician: humano (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mensch (de) m
• Greek: άνθρωπος (el) (ánthropos) m

  Ancient: ἄνθρωπος (anthropos) m

• Hebrew: (literally, son of Adam) בֶּן־אָדָם (he) (ben adám) m, אָדָם (he) (adám) m
• Hindi: मनुष्य (hi) (manuṣya), इंसान (hi) (insān) m, आदमी (hi) (ādmī) m, लोग (hi) (log) pl
• Hungarian: ember (hu)
• Indonesian: manusia (id)
• Interlingua: humano (ia) m, humana f; esser human
• Italian: umano (it) m, essere umano (it) m
• Japanese: 人間 (ja) (にんげん, ningen), 人類 (ja) (じんるい, jinrui), 人 (ja) (ひと, hito)
• Karelian: ihmini
• Kazakh: адам (kk) (adam)
• Khmer: ជគត (km) (ceaʔkʊət)
• Komi-Permyak: морт
• Korean: 사람 (ko) (saram), 인류 (ko) (inryu) (人類 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: mirov (ku)

• Kyrgyz: адам (ky) (adam)

• Lao: ມະນຸດ (lo) (manut)
• Latgalian: cylvāks
• Latin: homo (la) m, humanus (la) m, humana (la) f
• Latvian: cilvēks (lv)
• Lithuanian: žmogus (lt) m, žmonės (lt) pl
• Lojban: remna (jbo)
• Lower Sorbian: cłowjek m
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: човек (mk) (čóvek) m, луѓе (mk) (lúǵe) pl
• Malay: manusia (ms)
• Malayalam: മനുഷ്യന്‍ (ml) (manuṣyan)
• Maltese: bniedem (mt) m, bniedma f, bnedmien pl
• Neapolitan: perzona f
• Norwegian: menneske (no)
• Novial: home
• Papiamentu: hende
• Persian: آدمی (fa) (adami), خاکزاد (fa), مردم (fa) (mardom) pl
• Polish: człowiek (pl) m
• Portuguese: humano (pt) m, humana (pt) f; ser humano (pt) m
• Romanian: om (ro) m
• Romansch: uman (rm) m, umana (rm) f (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader), human (rm) m, humana (rm) f (Sursilvan), umaun (rm) m, umauna (rm) f (Puter), carstgaun (rm) m, carstgauna (rm) f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), carstgàn (rm) m, carstgàna (rm) f (Sutsilvan), carstgang (rm) m, carstganga (rm) f (Surmiran)
• Russian: человек (ru) (čelovék) m, люди (ru) (ljúdi) pl
• Sanskrit: मनुष्य (sa) (manuṣya), मानव (sa) (mānava)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: човек (sh) m

  Roman: čovjek (sh) m

• Slovene: človek (sl) m
• Spanish: humano (es) m, humana (es) f, ser humano (es) m
• Swedish: människa (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: మనిషి (te) (maniṣi)
• Thai: คน (th) (kon), มนุษย์ (th) (mánút)
• Turkish: insan (tr), insanoglu (tr) (literally, son of Adam)
• Udmurt: адями
• Ukrainian: людина (uk) (ljudýna) f, люди (uk) (ljúdy) pl
• Upper Sorbian: čłowjek (hsb) m
• Urdu: انسان (ur) (insān) m, آدمی (ur) (ādmī) m, منشیہ (ur) (manuṣya), لوگ (ur) (log) pl
• Veps: ristit
• Vietnamese: con người (vi), loài người (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: injehmiin
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: umuntu (zu) 1/2

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: forth · fire · lost · #380: human · kept · business · mean

External links

• human on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:human (disambiguation)
• human in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• human in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Nahum

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Danish

Adjective

human (neuter humant, definite and plural humane)

1. human (having the nature or attributes of a human being)
2. humane (something done from love to humanity)

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German

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /huˈmaːn/

Adjective

human

1. humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)

Related terms

• Humanismus
• Humanist
• humanistisch

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus.

Adjective

human m f humana, m plural humans, f plural humanas)

1. (Sursilvan) human

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
• (Puter) umaun

Noun

human m (plural humans)

1. (Sursilvan) (male) human being

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
• (Puter) umaun

Synonyms

• carstgaun

Coordinate terms

• carstgauna, humana

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xûmaːn/
• Hyphenation: hu‧man

Adjective

hȕmān (definite hȕmānī, comparative humaniji, Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄н)

1. humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)

Declension

    positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		human	humana	humano
genitive		humana	humane	humana
dative		humanu	humanoj	humanu
accusative	inanimate animate	human humana	humanu	humano
vocative		human	humana	humano
locative		humanu	humanoj	humanu
instrumental		humanim	humanom	humanim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		humani	humane	humana
genitive		humanih	humanih	humanih
dative		humanim(a)	humanim(a)	humanim(a)
accusative		humane	humane	humana
vocative		humani	humane	humana
locative		humanim(a)	humanim(a)	humanim(a)
instrumental		humanim(a)	humanim(a)	humanim(a)

    positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		humani	humana	humano
genitive		humanog(a)	humane	humanog(a)
dative		humanom(u/e)	humanoj	humanom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	humani humanog(a)	humanu	humano
vocative		humani	humana	humano
locative		humanom(e/u)	humanoj	humanom(e/u)
instrumental		humanim	humanom	humanim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		humani	humane	humana
genitive		humanih	humanih	humanih
dative		humanim(a)	humanim(a)	humanim(a)
accusative		humane	humane	humana
vocative		humani	humane	humana
locative		humanim(a)	humanim(a)	humanim(a)
instrumental		humanim(a)	humanim(a)	humanim(a)

    comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		humaniji	humanija	humanije
genitive		humanijeg(a)	humanije	humanijeg(a)
dative		humanijem(u)	humanijoj	humanijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	humaniji humanijeg(a)	humaniju	humanije
vocative		humaniji	humanija	humanije
locative		humanijem(u)	humanijoj	humanijem(u)
instrumental		humanijim	humanijom	humanijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		humaniji	humanije	humanija
genitive		humanijih	humanijih	humanijih
dative		humanijim(a)	humanijim(a)	humanijim(a)
accusative		humanije	humanije	humanija
vocative		humaniji	humanije	humanija
locative		humanijim(a)	humanijim(a)	humanijim(a)
instrumental		humanijim(a)	humanijim(a)	humanijim(a)

    superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najhumaniji	najhumanija	najhumanije
genitive		najhumanijeg(a)	najhumanije	najhumanijeg(a)
dative		najhumanijem(u)	najhumanijoj	najhumanijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najhumaniji najhumanijeg(a)	najhumaniju	najhumanije
vocative		najhumaniji	najhumanija	najhumanije
locative		najhumanijem(u)	najhumanijoj	najhumanijem(u)
instrumental		najhumanijim	najhumanijom	najhumanijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najhumaniji	najhumanije	najhumanija
genitive		najhumanijih	najhumanijih	najhumanijih
dative		najhumanijim(a)	najhumanijim(a)	najhumanijim(a)
accusative		najhumanije	najhumanije	najhumanija
vocative		najhumaniji	najhumanije	najhumanija
locative		najhumanijim(a)	najhumanijim(a)	najhumanijim(a)
instrumental		najhumanijim(a)	najhumanijim(a)	najhumanijim(a)

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Swedish

Adjective

human

1. humane, decent, compassionate

   Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human.

   Their politics have been criticised for being less than humane.

2. (of prices) reasonable

   Det var ett humant pris.

   That was a reasonable price.

Declension

Declension of human

Inflections of human		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	human	humanare		humanast
	Neuter	humant
Definite singular	Masc.	humane		humanaste
	All	humana		humanaste
Plural		humana		humanaste