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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Interjection 1.6.1 Quotations 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Inflection 3.1.2.2 Related terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Pronoun 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Pronunciation 3.3.2 Verb 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Derived terms 4.3.2 Related terms 5 Faroese 5.1 Verb 5.1.1 Conjugation 5.1.2 Derived terms 5.2 Pronoun 5.2.1 Synonyms 6 Friulian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Galician 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 German 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Pronoun 9 Icelandic 9.1 Noun 9.2 Verb 10 Japanese 10.1 Noun 11 Kurdish 11.1 Verb 12 Lithuanian 12.1 Pronunciation 12.2 Pronoun 13 Low Saxon 13.1 Conjunction 13.1.1 Synonyms 14 Mandarin 14.1 Pinyin syllable 14.1.1 Usage notes 15 Norwegian 15.1 Pronoun 15.2 Noun 16 Occitan 16.1 Etymology 16.2 Pronunciation 16.3 Noun 17 Old English 17.1 Etymology 1 17.1.1 Pronunciation 17.1.2 Pronoun 17.2 Etymology 2 17.2.1 Pronunciation 17.2.2 Noun 18 Swedish 18.1 Pronunciation 18.2 Noun 18.2.1 Inflection 18.3 Pronoun 19 Tok Pisin 19.1 Etymology 19.2 Noun 19.2.1 Antonyms 19.2.2 Derived terms 20 Torres Strait Creole 20.1 Etymology 20.2 Noun 21 Welsh 21.1 Noun 22 West Frisian 22.1 Noun 23 Wik-Mungkan 23.1 Noun 23.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English mann. Cognates include Swedish man, Norwegian mann, Faroese maður, Icelandic maður, Danish mand, German Mann, Dutch man.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæn/, SAMPA: /m{n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -æn

[edit] Noun

man (plural 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; any man or woman.

   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

[edit] Synonyms

• (adult male human): omi (Polari)

[edit] Antonyms

• woman
• boy

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

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!

[edit] Derived terms

• overman v

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• boy
• male

[edit] Interjection

man

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

   Man, that was a great catch!

   (Geordie) Hoo man woman!

   (Geordie) Giv'is a bottle of dog man!

[edit] Quotations

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

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Noun

man m.

1. mulberry tree

[edit] Verb

man

1. to feed
2. to fatten

[edit] Derived terms

• maj = I feed

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /maːn/, [mæːˀn]

[edit] Noun

man c. (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)

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

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Related terms

• manke c.

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /man/, [man]

[edit] Pronoun

man (indefinite pronoun)

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

[edit] Etymology 3

See mane.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /maːn/, [mæːˀn]

[edit] Verb

man

1. Imperative of mane.

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[edit] Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

[edit] Pronunciation

• [man] ^(help·info)
• IPA: /mɑn/

[edit] Etymology

Germanic, cognate with English man, German Mann.

[edit] Noun

man m. (plural mannen, diminutive mannetje, diminutive plural mannetjes)

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

[edit] 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.

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• men

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Verb

man

1. First and third person singular present of munna.

   I, he, she, it will / may

[edit] Conjugation

munna, v
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	man	manst	man	munnu/munna
Past	mundi	mundi	mundi	mundu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	— !	—	— !
Infinitive	munna
Pres. part.	—
Past part.	—
Supine	munnað

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] Pronoun

man

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (standard): mann

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[edit] Friulian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus.

[edit] Noun

man m. (plural mans)

1. hand

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Sardinian manu, Spanish mano.

[edit] Noun

man f. (plural mans)

1. (anatomy) hand

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio (Austria)^{help, file}

[edit] Pronoun

man

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

   was man sehen kann — what one can see

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

man n.

1. maid

[edit] 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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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

man (hiragana まん)

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

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Verb

man

1. to stay
2. to remain

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [man]

[edit] Pronoun

mán

1. (first-person singular) dative form of aš.

   Duok man tą knygą.

   Give me that book.

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[edit] Low Saxon

[edit] Conjunction

man

1. only, but

[edit] Synonyms

• avers
• bloots

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

man

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, mān, mán, mǎn, or màn.

[edit] 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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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Pronoun

man

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

[edit] Noun

man

1. (horse) mane

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[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ma]

[edit] Noun

man f. (plural mans)

1. hand

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology 1

From mann.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /man/

[edit] Pronoun

man

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

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma:n/

[edit] Noun

mān n.

1. crime, sin, wickedness

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file} (definitions noun 1.-3. and pronoun 1.)

[edit] Noun

man c. IPA: ˈman, if not stated else.

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

[edit] Inflection

Inflection for man 1, 2	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	man	mannen	män	männen
Genitive	mans	mannens	mäns	männens

Inflection for man 3	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	man	mannen	mannar (män, man)	mannarna (männen)
Genitive	mans	mannens	mannars (mäns, mans)	mannarnas (männens)

Inflection for man 4	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	man	manen	manar	manarna
Genitive	mans	manens	manars	manarnas

[edit] 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. (indefinite) one, they; people in general

   vad man kan se — what one can see

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Etymology

From English man.

[edit] Noun

man (plural ol man)

1. man (adult male human)

[edit] Antonyms

• meri

[edit] Derived terms

• manmeri
• paniman

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From English man.

[edit] Noun

man

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

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

man

1. place.

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

man (pl. men, manlju)

1. man
2. husband

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[edit] Wik-Mungkan

[edit] Noun

man

1. neck

[edit] Derived terms

• man awal
• man ngaat
• man poonchal