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==Icelandic==
==Icelandic==
⚫
{{rfquote|lang=is}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/maːn/|lang=is}}
* {{IPA|/ˈmaːn/|lang=is}}
* {{rhymes|aːn|lang=is}}
* {{rhymes|aːn|lang=is}}


===Etymology 1===
===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|is|non|man}}, from {{inh|is|gem-pro|*gamaną}}.
{{rfe|lang=is}}


====Noun====
====Noun====
{{is-noun|n|mans}}
{{is-noun|n|mans|mön}}


# {{label|is|chiefly|poetic}} [[maiden]]
# {{label|is|obsolete|uncountable|collective}} [[slave]]s
# {{label|is|archaic|countable}} a female slave
⚫
#* {{rfquote|lang=is}}
# {{label|is|archaic|poetic|countable}} [[maiden]]


=====Declension=====
=====Declension=====
{{is-decl-noun-n-s|m|a|n|pl=-}}
{{is-decl-noun-n-s|m|a|n}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|female slave}} {{l|is|ambátt}}


=====Derived terms=====
=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|is|mansal}}
* {{l|is|mansal}}
* {{l|is|mansmaður}}


===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
From {{m|is|mana||to dare [someone] [to do something]}}.

====Noun====
{{is-noun|n|mans|-}}

# the act of [[dare|daring]] someone to do something; [[provocation]], [[dare]]

=====Declension=====
{{is-decl-noun-n-s|m|a|n|pl=-}}

===Etymology 3===
{{bor|is|he|מן|tr=mān||manna}}, perhaps via , appearing in [[w:Guðbrandur Þorláksson|Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s]] 1584 Bible translation.

====Noun====
{{head|is|noun|g=n|declension uncertain, perhaps indeclinable}}

# {{label|is|biblical|obsolete}} [[manna]]

===Etymology 4===


====Verb====
====Verb====
{{head|is|verb form}}
{{head|is|verb form}}


# {{form of|Past, first person of the verb|muna|lang=is}} I remember
# {{form of|first person singular present indicative|muna|lang=is}} I remember
#: ''Ég '''man''' ekki.''
#: ''Ég '''man''' ekki.''
#:: I don't '''remember'''.
#:: I don't '''remember'''.
# {{form of|Past, third person of the verb|muna|lang=is}} he/she/it [[remembered]]
# {{form of|third person singular present indicative|muna|lang=is}} he/she/it [[remembered]]
#: ''Hann '''man''' hvað gerðist.''
#: ''Hann '''man''' hvað gerðist.''
#:: He '''remembered''' what happened.
#:: He '''remembers''' what happened.


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Revision as of 14:13, 3 May 2016

See also: Appendix:Variations of "man", -man, and Man

English

 Man (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

The noun is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English man, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mann (“human being, person, man”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mann- (“human being, man”), probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man- (“man”) (compare also *men- (“mind”)). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Mann (“man”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian mann (“man”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Swedish maþer (“man”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian муж (muž, “male person”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬱 (manuš), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit मनु (manu, “human being”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu مانس and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi मानस (mānas).

The verb is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mannen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch mannen (“to man”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German bemannen (“to man”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish bemanna (“to man”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

man (plural men)

A man.
  1. An adult male human.
    The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene 1:
      The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
    • Template:RQ:EHough PrqsPrc
      “ […] 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.”
  2. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
    • 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, p.109:
      Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
  3. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
    every man for himself
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 4, scene 2:
      […] a man cannot make him laugh.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV), Romans 12.17:
      Recompence to no man euill for euill.
    • 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.
    • 1991 edition (original: 1953), Darell Huff, How to Lie with Statistics, pp.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.
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  5. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
    • 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:
      The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
  6. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
    • c. 1500 A Gest of Robyn Hode, in the Child Ballads:
      For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, act 3, scene 5:
      God's a good man.
    • 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The silent woman:
      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.
  7. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
      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 1456754610), p.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 […].
  8. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
  9. A husband.
    • Book of Common Prayer:
      I pronounce that they are man and wife.
    • 1715, Joseph Addison, The Freeholder:
      In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man.
  10. A lover; a boyfriend.
  11. 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.
  12. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
    I always wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
  13. 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 0778324567), p.553:
      "She's the man for the job."
    • 2008, Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.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 1622951999), p.34:
      He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man.
  14. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
    • 1909, Harper's Weekly, Vol.53, p.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, p.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.
  15. An adult male servant. (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.
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  16. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
    • 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, p.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.
  17. (MLE, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
    • 2011, Top Boy:
      Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
  18. 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 no time to lose!

Usage notes

  • The use of “man” 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.[1] 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”,[1] “flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race”.[2] 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.[3] Some style guides recommend against generic “man”,[4] 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.[2]

Synonyms

See also

Derived terms

Terms derived from man (noun)

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Translations

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) To supply (something) 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!
  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.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men.

Derived terms

Translations

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Interjection

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!

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:man#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:man]].

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “man”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ American Heritage Dictionary, 5th edition
  4. ^ Purdue OWL

Statistics

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch man.

Noun

man (plural mans or manne)

  1. man
  2. husband

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Syncopated form of Gheg mand, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *manta.

Noun

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

  1. mulberry, mulberry tree

Hyponyms

Arigidi

Pronoun

man

  1. I, first person singular pronoun, as subject

References

  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Bagirmi

Noun

man

  1. water

References

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

Bonggo

Noun

man

  1. bird

References

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

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English man.

Noun

man

  1. man

Synonyms

Antonyms

Adjective

man

  1. male

Antonyms

Chuukese

Noun

man

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of maan

Danish

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse mǫn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).

Pronunciation

Noun

man c (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)

  1. mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse)
Inflection
Declension of man
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative man manen maner manerne
genitive mans manens maners manernes
Related terms

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse menn, plural form of maðr (“man”). Transition to pronoun by German influence.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

man

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

Etymology 3

See mane.

Pronunciation

Verb

man

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of mane

Dutch

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Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *man-. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Mann, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish mand.

Noun

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

  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

Usage notes

  • 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.”)
  • 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).

Derived terms

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Related terms

Anagrams

Faroese

Verb

man

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) First and third-person singular present of munna
    I, he, she, it will / may

Conjugation

Conjugation of munna (irregular)
infinitive munna
supine munnað
participle — —
present past
first singular man mundi
second singular manst mundi
third singular man mundi
plural munnu/munna mundu
imperative
singular —!
plural —!

Derived terms

Pronoun

man

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

Synonyms

Friulian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus.

Noun

man m (plural mans)

  1. hand

Galician

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Catalan mà, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French main, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian mano, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Occitan man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese mão, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Romanian mână, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sardinian manu, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish mano.

Noun

man f (plural mans)

  1. (anatomy) hand

Usage notes

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German man, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German man, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), probably ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-. Originally the same word as Mann (“man”), which see for more. The same construct in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch men, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French on.

Pronoun

man

  1. one; you; they; people (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.
    Zumindest sagt man das so...
    At least that’s what they say...
    • 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?
Usage notes
  • 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.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German. A contraction of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch maar (“only”).

Adverb

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.

German Low German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German. A contraction of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch maar (“only”).

Conjunction

man

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

Synonyms

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

Gothic

Romanization

man

  1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse man, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.

Noun

man n (genitive singular mans, nominative plural mön)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, collective) slaves
  2. (archaic, countable) a female slave
  3. (archaic, poetic, countable) maiden
Declension
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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

man n (genitive singular mans, no plural)

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

Etymology 3

Hebrew מן (mān, “manna”), perhaps via , appearing in Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s 1584 Bible translation.

Noun

man n (declension uncertain, perhaps indeclinable)

  1. (biblical, obsolete) manna

Etymology 4

Verb

man

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first person singular present indicative of muna I remember
    Ég man ekki.
    I don't remember.
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third person singular present indicative of muna he/she/it remembered
    Hann man hvað gerðist.
    He remembers what happened.

Istriot

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus.

Noun

man m

  1. hand

Japanese

Romanization

man

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

Kurdish

Verb

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  1. to stay
  2. to remain

Ladin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus.

Noun

man f (plural mans)

  1. hand

Latvian

Pronoun

man

  1. to me; (deprecated template usage) dative singular form of es

Ligurian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus.

Pronunciation

Noun

man f (plural moæn)

  1. hand

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mán

  1. Template:lt-form-pronoun
    Duok man tą knygą.
    Give me that book.

Lojban

Rafsi

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  1. Rafsi of manku.

Mandarin

Romanization

man

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of mān.
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of mán.
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of mǎn.
  4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of màn.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French main, mein, man, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus (“hand”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-.

Noun

man f (plural mans)

  1. (France, anatomy) hand

Etymology 2

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

man (feminine ma)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Pronoun

man

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

Pronunciation

Noun

man

  1. mane (of a horse)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. mane (of a horse)

Occitan

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus.

Pronunciation

Noun

man f (plural mans)

  1. hand

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian man, mon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mann, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse maðr.

Noun

man m

  1. human, person
  2. man

Declension

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

Descendants

Old English

Etymology 1

From mann.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

man

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

Etymology 2

Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon mēn, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German mein, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse mein.

Pronunciation

Noun

mān n

  1. crime, sin, wickedness

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mann, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian man, mon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse maðr, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

man m

  1. man

Descendants

Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin manus.

Noun

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

  1. hand (anatomy)

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mann, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian man, mon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse maðr.

Noun

man m

  1. human, person
  2. man

Synonyms

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Descendants

  • German Low German: Mann

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

man

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of mar

Usage notes

  • Unlike mar, man does not lenite the following word.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Swedish maþer, mander, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse maðr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-.

Pronunciation

Noun

man c

  1. a man (adult male human)
  2. somebody's husband (not used in other contexts, where could be confused with a man in general, other than as äkta man, see also make, gemål)
    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
    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.
Declension

Definitions 1, 2 and 3:

Declension of man 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative man mannen män männen
Genitive mans mannens mäns männens

Definition 3:

Declension of man 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative man mannen mannar, man mannarna
Genitive mans mannens mannars, mans mannarnas

Pronoun

man c

  1. (indefinite) one, they; people in general
    Vad man kan se
    What one can see
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse mǫn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *manō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mono-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

Noun

man c

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

Tarpia

Noun

man

  1. bird

References

  • 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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English man.

Noun

man

  1. man (adult male human)

Adjective

man

  1. male
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Antonyms

Derived terms

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English man.

Noun

man

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

Venetian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manus. Compare Italian mano

Noun

man f (invariable)

  1. hand

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

man

  1. (archaic, cardinal number) ten thousand; myriad
    một man
    ten thousand

Derived terms

  • cơ man (“a large quantity of”)

Volapük

Etymology

Template:borrowing (compare Dutch: man, Swedish: man, Norwegian: mann, German: Mann, German Low German: Mann, Yiddish: מאַן (man, “man”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

man (nominative plural mans)

  1. man (adult male human)

Declension

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from man

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

man m or f (plural mannau)

  1. place

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
man fan unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian man, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch man, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Mann, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish mand.

Pronunciation

Noun

man (plural manlju or mannen)

  1. man
  2. husband

Wik-Mungkan

Noun

man

  1. neck

Derived terms

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