man

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

English

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mæn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [mɛən], [meən], [mẽə̃n]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [mɑn]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [mɛn]
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -æn

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.

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     “ […] 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.)
   • 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː

     I see that it is good; now make we man to our likeness, that shall be keeper of mere & leas(ow), of fowls and fish in flood.

   • 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.
   • 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour

     Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man, and sweetness in his carriage, / […]

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 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.
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 got no time to lose!

19. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.

    Hey, man, how's it goin'?

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. 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”, “flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race”. 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. Some style guides recommend against generic “man”, 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.

Synonyms

• (adult male human): omi (Polari); see also Wikisaurus:man
• See also Wikisaurus:person
• See also Wikisaurus:board game piece

See also

• boy
• human
• male
• the man
• woman

Translations

human

• Abkhaz: ауаҩы (awajʷə)
• Achuar: Template:t-simple
• Afrikaans: mens (af)
• Ainu: アイヌ (aynu)
• Aja: Template:t-simple
• Albanian: njeri (sq)
• Aleut: Template:t-simple
• Amharic: ሰው (säw)
• Arabic: إِنْسَان m (ʔinsān), نَاس pl (nās) (plural), بَشَر (ar) m (bašar), اِبْن آدَم m (ibn ʔādam) (literally "son of Adam"), إِنْس m (ʔins)

  Egyptian Arabic: إنسان m (ensān), بنيآدم m (baniādam)

  Hijazi Arabic: إنسان m (ʼinsān), بني آدم m (bani ʼādam)

• Aragonese: Template:t-simple
• Armenian: մարդ (hy) (mard)
• Aromanian: om (roa-rup)
• Asturian: home (ast) m
• Atikamekw: Template:t-simple
• Avar: чи (či)
• Azeri: insan (az), adam (az), kişi (az)
• Basque: gizon (eu), Template:t-simple
• Belarusian: чалаве́к (be) m (čalavjék), лю́дзі pl (ljúdzi) (plural)
• Bengali: মানুষ (bn) (manuś), মানব (manob)
• Berber:

  Kabyle: Template:t-simple

  Tashelhit: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple

• Bilua: Template:t-simple
• Bislama: Template:t-simple
• Bulgarian: чове́к (bg) m (čovék), хо́ра (bg) pl (hóra) (plural), лю́де pl (ljúde) (plural, archaic)
• Burmese: လူ (my) (lu), ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် (my) (pugguil)
• Catalan: home (ca) m
• Catawba: Template:t-simple
• Cherokee: ᏴᏫ (yvwi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人 (jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 人 (zh) (rén), 人類／人类 (zh) (rénlèi), 人类 (zh) (rénlèi)

  Min Dong: 儂／侬, 侬 (nè̤ng), 人 (ìng), 人類／人类 (ìng-lôi), 人类 (ìng-lôi)

• Chuvash: ҫын (śyn), этем (et̬em)
• Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme)
• Crimean Tatar: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Czech: člověk (cs) m
• Dalmatian: Template:t-simple
• Danish: menneske (da) n
• Darkinjung: Template:t-simple
• Dhivehi: އިންސާނުން (in̊sānun̊)
• Dutch: mens (nl)
• Eastern Mari: ,
• Emilian: Template:t-simple
• Erzya: ломань (lomań)
• Esperanto: homo (eo)
• Estonian: inimene (et)
• Evenki: Template:t-simple (Template:t-simple)
• Ewe: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ihminen (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• French: homme (fr) m, être humain (fr) m, humain (fr) m
• Friulian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Galician: home (gl) m, humano (gl) m, ser humano (gl) m
• Georgian: კაცი (ka) (ḳaci), ადამიანი (ka) (adamiani)
• German: Mensch (de) m
• Greek: άνθρωπος (el) m (ánthropos)

  Ancient: ἄνθρωπος m or f (ánthrōpos)

• Gujarati: પુરુષ (gu) (puruṣ), મનુષ્ય (gu) (manuṣya)
• Hausa: Template:t-simple
• Hawaiian: Template:t-simple
• Hebrew: בֶּן אָדָם (he) m (ben adám) (literally "son of Adam"), אָדָם (he) m (ádam)
• Hindi: आदमी (hi) m (ādmī), मनुष्य (hi) m (manuṣya), मानव (hi) m (mānav)
• Hungarian: ember (hu)
• Icelandic: manneskja (is) f, maður (is) m
• Indonesian: orang (id), manusia (id)
• Interlingua: Template:t-simple
• Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: duine (ga) m

  Old Irish: duine m

• Isubu: Template:t-simple
• Italian: uomo (it) m
• Japanese: 人 (ja) (ひと, hito), 人間 (ja) (にんげん, ningen)
• Kaingang: Template:t-simple
• Kannada: ಮಾನವ (kn) (mānava)
• Kashubian: (Slovincian) χlʉ̀ɵ̯p m
• Kazakh: адам (kk) (adam), кісі (kısı)
• Khmer: មនុស្ស (km) (mɔnuh), ជគត (km) (ceaʔkʊət)
• Komi-Permyak: морт (mort)
• Konkani: मनिषु (maniṣu)
• Korean: 사람 (ko) (saram), 인류 (ko) (illyu) (人類 (ko))
• Kurdish: ,

  Sorani: مرۆڤ (mirov), مردۆڤ (mirdov)

• Kyrgyz: киши (ky) (kişi), адам (ky) (adam)
• Lao: ມະນຸດ (lo) (ma nut), ຄົນ (lo) (khon)
• Latgalian: cylvāks m
• Latin: homo (la) m, mas (la) m, vir (la) m
• Latvian: cilvēks m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
• Lingala: Template:t-simple
• Lithuanian: žmogus (lt) m
• Lojban:
• Low German:

  German Low German: Minsch (nds) m, Mensch (nds) m

• Luganda: Template:t-simple
• Luxembourgish: Mënsch m
• Macedonian: човек m (čovek)
• Malay: orang (ms), manusia (ms)
• Malayalam: മനുഷ്യന് (manuṣyaṉ)
• Maltese: bniedem m (literally "son of Adam")
• Maori: Template:t-simple
• Mapudungun: Template:t-simple
• Marathi: माणूस m (māṇūs)
• Maricopa: 'iipaa
• Mirandese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Mongolian: хүн (mn) (xün)
• Mòcheno: Template:t-simple
• Nahuatl: tlacatl (nah)
• Navajo: Template:t-simple
• Nepali: मान्छे (mānche)
• North Frisian: mensk m (Föhr-Amrum), karmen m (Föhr-Amrum)
• Norwegian: menneske (no) n
• Old Church Slavonic: чловѣкъ m (člověkŭ)
• Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃 (kiši)
• Ossetian: адӕймаг (adæjmag)
• Pali:

  Devanagari: नरो m (naro)

  Latin: naro m

• Pashto: انسان (ps) (insān)
• Persian: انسان (fa) (insân), آدمی (fa) (âdami), خاکزاد (fa) (xâkzâd)
• Pipil: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Pitjantjatjara: Template:t-simple
• Polabian: clåvăk m
• Polish: człowiek (pl) m pers, ludzie (pl) pl (plural), istota ludzka f
• Portuguese: homem (pt) m, ser humano (pt) m
• Rapa Nui: Template:t-simple
• Rohingya: Template:t-simple
• Romani: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: om (ro) m
• Russian: челове́к (ru) m (čelovék), лю́ди (ru) pl (ljúdi) (plural)
• Samoan: Template:t-simple
• Sanskrit: मनुष्य (sa) m (manuṣya), मानव (sa) m (mānava), नृ (sa) m (nṛ), नर (sa) m (nara)
• Scottish Gaelic: duine m
• Seimat: Template:t-simple
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: човек m, човјек m, људи pl (plural)

  Roman: čovek (sh) m, čovjek (sh) m, ljudi (sh) pl (plural)

• Sindhi: آدِمي (ādimī)
• Slovak: človek (sk) m, ľudia pl (plural), ľudská bytosť f
• Slovene: človek (sl) m anim, ljudje m pl
• Somali: dad (so), Template:t-simple
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: luź m

• Spanish: hombre (es) m, humano (es) m, ser humano (es) m
• Sundanese: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: människa (sv) f
• Tagalog: tao (tl)
• Tajik: одам (tg) (odam), инсон (tg) (inson)
• Tamil: மனிதன் (ta) (maṉitaṉ)
• Telugu: మనిషి (te) (maniṣi), మగవాడు (te) (magavāḍu)
• Thai: มนุษย์ (th) (má-nút), คน (th) (kon)
• Tok Pisin: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple Template:t-simple
• Tongan: Template:t-simple
• Turkish: insan (tr), insanoğlu (tr), âdemoğlu (tr) (literally "son of Adam"), kişi (tr), adam (tr)
• Turkmen: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, adam (tk), Template:t-simple
• Tuvaluan: Template:t-simple
• Ukrainian: люди́на (uk) f (ljudýna), лю́ди (uk) pl (ljúdy) (plural), чолові́к (uk) m (čolovík) (now usually means "man", "male human")
• Urdu: آدمی (ur) m (ādmī), منشیہ (manušya), انسان m (insān)
• Uyghur: ئىنسان (insan), ئادەم (ug) (adem)
• Uzbek: odam (uz), inson (uz), kishi (uz)
• Venetian: òm (vec) m, òmo m
• Vietnamese: người (vi), con người (vi)
• Vilamovian: menś m
• Volapük: (♂♀) men (vo), (♂) Template:t-simple, (♀) Template:t-simple
• Vurës: atm̄ēn
• Wallisian: Template:t-simple
• Walloon: djin (wa) m
• Wauja: Template:t-simple
• Welsh: dyn (cy) m
• West Frisian: minske (fy) c
• Winnebago: Template:t-simple
• Wolof: nit (wo)
• Xhosa: Template:t-simple
• Yiddish: מענטש m (mentsh)
• Yoruba: Template:t-simple
• Yucatec Maya: Template:t-simple
• Zazaki: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Zhuang: Template:t-simple
• Zulu: umuntu (zu) class 1/2

adult male human

• Aasax: hat-uk
• Abkhaz: ахаҵа (axacʼa)
• Abu' Arapesh: Template:t-simple
• Acehnese: Template:t-simple
• Adyghe: хъулъфыгъ (χʷulˢfəğ), лӏы (lˢʼə)
• Afrikaans: man (af)
• Ainu: オッカヨ (okkayo)
• Akan: please add this translation if you can
• Akkadian: 𒀀𒉿𒈝 (awīlum)
• Alabama: Template:t-simple
• Albanian: burrë (sq), trim (sq)
• Aleut: tayaĝux̂
• Alviri-Vidari: میرده (mirde)
• Ama: Template:t-simple
• American Sign Language: A@Forehead-5Chest Vert
• Amharic: ወንድ (wänd)
• Arabic: رَجُل (ar) m (rajul)

  Egyptian Arabic: راجِل m (rāgil)

  Hijazi Arabic: رِجَّال m (rijjāl), راجل m (rājil)

• Aragonese: hombre (an) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܓܒܪܐ m (ɡavrɑ(ʔ))

• Armenian: տղամարդ (hy) (tġamard), մարդ (hy) (mard)
• Arosi: Template:t-simple
• Asturian: home (ast) m
• Atikamekw: Template:t-simple
• Avar: бихьинчи (bix̂inči)
• Aymara: chacha (ay)
• Azeri: adam (az), kişi (az), ər (az)
• Bakhtiari: پیا (piyâ)
• Balinese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Baluchi: مرد (mard)
• Banjarese: Template:t-simple
• Bashkir: ир (ir), ир кеше (ir keşe)
• Basque: gizon (eu), Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Baure: Template:t-simple
• Belarusian: мужчы́на m (mužčýna), муж m (muž) (archaic or poetic)
• Bengali: আদমি (adomi)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: argaz m

• Betoi: Template:t-simple
• Breton: gwaz (br) m, den (br) m
• Buginese: Template:t-simple
• Bukiyip: Template:t-simple
• Bulgarian: мъж (bg) m (mǎž)
• Bulu (Cameroon): Template:t-simple
• Burmese: ယောက်ျား (my)
• Buryat: эрэ хүн (ere xün)
• Catalan: home (ca) m
• Catawba: Template:t-simple
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ (argaz)
• Chamicuro: Template:t-simple
• Chechen: боьрша стаг (börša stag)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏯ (asgaya)
• Cheyenne: Template:t-simple
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 男人 (naam⁴ jan^4-2)

  Hakka: 男人 (nàm-ngìn)

  Mandarin: 男人 (zh) (nánrén), 男的 (zh) (nán de)

  Min Dong: 男 (nàng), 唐部儂／唐部侬, 唐部侬 (dòng-buô-nè̤ng), 男界 (nàng-gái)

  Min Nan: 查埔人 (zh-min-nan) (cha-po͘-lâng), 男人 (zh-min-nan) (lâm-jîn)

  Teochew: da1bou1nang5

  Wu: 男人 (noe nyin)

• Chiricahua: Template:t-simple
• Choctaw: Template:t-simple
• Chuave: Template:t-simple
• Chuvash: ар ҫын (ar ś̬yn)
• Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme)
• Cree: Template:t-simple
• Crimean Tatar: Template:t-simple, er kişi, Template:t-simple
• Crow: Template:t-simple
• Czech: muž (cs) m, pán (cs) m
• Dalmatian: jomno m
• Danish: mand (da) c
• Dhivehi: ފިރިހެން މީހާ (firihen̊ mīhā)
• Dolgan: эр киһи (er kihi)
• Dutch: man (nl) m, heer (nl) m
• Eastern Mari: ,
• Egyptian: 𓊃𓀂 m (s)
• Erzya: аля (aľa)
• Esperanto: viro (eo)
• Estonian: mees (et), Template:t-simple
• Evenki: Template:t-simple
• Ewe: Template:t-simple
• Faroese: kallmaður m, maður (fo) m, kallur m
• Fijian: turaga (fj)
• Finnish: mies (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: homo m
• French: homme (fr) m
• Friulian: omp m, om m
• Futuna-Aniwa: Template:t-simple
• Fuyug: Template:t-simple
• Galician: varón (gl) m, home (gl) m
• Georgian: კაცი (ka) (ḳaci)
• German: Mann (de) m, Herr (de) m

  Alemannic German: Maa m

• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 m (manna)
• Greek: άνδρας (el) m (ándras)

  Ancient: ἀνήρ m (anḗr)

• Greenlandic: Template:t-simple
• Guaraní: Template:t-simple
• Gujarati: પુરુષ (gu) m (puruṣ)
• Hausa: mutum (ha)
• Hawaiian: Template:t-simple
• Hebrew: אָדָם (he) m (adám), גֶּבֶר (he) (géver), אִישׁ (he) m (ish)
• Hindi: आदमी (hi) m (ādmī), पुरुष (hi) m (puruṣ), नर (hi) m (nar)
• Hopi: Template:t-simple
• Hungarian: férfi (hu)
• Icelandic: karlmaður (is) m, karl (is) m, maður (is) m
• Ido: viro (io)
• Inari Sami: Template:t-simple
• Indo-Portuguese: Template:t-simple
• Indonesian: pria (id), laki-laki (id)
• Ingush: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
• Inuktitut: ᐊᖑᑦ (angot)
• Inupiak: Template:t-simple
• Irish: fear (ga) m

  Old Irish: fer m

• Isnag: Template:t-simple
• Istriot: Template:t-simple
• Istro-Romanian: bărbåt m
• Italian: uomo (it) m
• Itawit: Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 男性 (ja) (だんせい, dansei), 男の人 (ja) (おとこのひと, otoko no hito), 男 (ja) (おとこ, otoko)
• Javanese: lanang (jv), Template:t-simple
• Jersey Dutch: kääd'l
• Jicarilla: Template:t-simple
• Kabyle: Template:t-simple
• Kalmyk: залу күн (zalu kün)
• Kannada: ನರ (kn) (nara), ಪುರುಷ (kn) (puruṣa)
• Karelian: Template:t-simple
• Karipúna Creole French: Template:t-simple
• Kashubian: chłop m
• Kazakh: ер (kk) (er), еркек (kk) (erkek), еркек (kk) (erkek), ер адам (kk) (er adam), ер кісі (er kısı), жігіт (jıgıt), кісі (kısı)
• Khmer: ប្រុស (km) (proh)
• Komi-Permyak: морт (mort), мужичӧй (mužićöj), айморт (ajmort)
• Korean: 사내 (ko) (sanae), 남자 (ko) (namja) (男子 (ko))
• Kumyk: эркек (erkek)
• Kunigami: 男 (いけが, ikega)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: ,

  Sorani: پیاو (pyaw), زەلام (zelam)

• Kyrgyz: эркек (ky) (erkek), киши (ky) (kişi)
• Ladin: Template:t-simple
• Lao: ຜູ້ຊາຍ (lo) (phū sāi)
• Latgalian: veirs m
• Latin: vir (la) m, mas (la) m
• Latvian: vīrs (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Template:t-simple
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Laz: კოჩი (ǩoçi)
• Ledo Kaili: ^{(please verify)} langgai
• Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: vyras (lt) m
• Livonian: Template:t-simple
• Lojban:
• Lote: Template:t-simple
• Low German:

  German Low German: Mann (nds) m, Mannsminsch m

• Luganda: Template:t-simple
• Macedonian: маж m (maž), човек m (čovek)
• Malagasy: lehilahy (mg), olona (mg)
• Malay: lelaki (ms)
• Malayalam: പുരുഷന് (puruṣaṉ), ആണ് (ml) (āṇŭ)
• Maltese: raġel (mt)
• Mandar: Template:t-simple
• Manx: Template:t-simple
• Maori: Template:t-simple
• Mapudungun: Template:t-simple
• Maranao: Template:t-simple
• Marathi: माणूस m (māṇūs)
• Maricopa: Template:t-simple
• Megleno-Romanian: bărbat m
• Meänkieli: Template:t-simple
• Mi'kmaq: Template:t-simple
• Michif: please add this translation if you can
• Mingrelian: კოჩი (ḳoči)
• Mirandese: Template:t-simple
• Mohawk: rón:kwe
• Mohegan-Pequot: Template:t-simple
• Moksha: аля (aľa)
• Mongolian: эр хүн (er xün), хүн (mn) (xün), эрэгтэй хүн (eregtej xün)
• Motu: Template:t-simple
• Mòcheno: Template:t-simple
• Nahuatl: oquichtli (nah)
• Nama: Template:t-simple
• Navajo: Template:t-simple
• Neapolitan: Template:t-simple
• Nepali: मानव (ne) (manav), मान्छे (mānchē)
• Ngarrindjeri: Template:t-simple
• Norman: haomme m (Guernsey), homme m (Jersey), houme m (continental Normandy), houmme m (Jersey)
• North Frisian: maan m (Föhr-Amrum)
• Northern Sami: Template:t-simple
• Norwegian: mann (no) m
• Novial: Template:t-simple
• O'odham: Template:t-simple
• Occitan: òme (oc) m
• Ojibwe: Template:t-simple
• Oki-No-Erabu: 男 (いぃんが, yinga)
• Okinawan: 男 (ゐきが, wikiga)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: мѫжь m (mǫžĭ)

  Glagolitic: ⰿⱘⰶⱐ m (mǫžĭ)

• Old East Slavic: мужь m (mužĭ)
• Old English: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, beorn (ang), wer (ang)
• Old French: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Old Provençal: Template:t-simple
• Old Prussian: Template:t-simple
• Old Turkic: 𐰼 (er)
• Ossetian: лӕг (læg), нӕл (næl), нӕлгоймаг (nælgojmag)
• Ottoman Turkish: ادم (adam), اركك (erkek), ار (er), رجل (recul), مرد (merd)
• Pashto: سړی (ps) m (saṛáy)
• Pennsylvania German: Template:t-simple
• Persian: مَرد (fa) (mærd)
• Pileni: Template:t-simple
• Pipil: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Pitjantjatjara: Template:t-simple
• Polish: mężczyzna (pl) m pers, pan (pl) m pers (deferential), człowiek (pl) m pers (nondeferential), mąż (pl) m pers (archaic or poetic)
• Portuguese: homem (pt) m, varão (pt) m, mane (pt) m (Timor-Leste)
• Powhatan: Template:t-simple
• Punjabi: ਆਦਮੀ m (ādamī)
• Quechua: qhari (qu)
• Rapa Nui: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: bărbat (ro) m
• Romansch: um m
• Russian: мужчи́на (ru) m (mužčína), муж (ru) m (muž) (archaic or poetic), мужи́к (ru) m (mužík) (pejorative or colloquial)
• Rusyn: хлоп m (xlop), муж m (muž)
• Saanich: Template:t-simple
• Samogitian: vīrs m
• Sanskrit: पुरुष (sa) m (puruṣa), नर (sa) m (nara)
• Sardinian: ómine m
• Savosavo: Template:t-simple
• Scots: Template:t-simple
• Scottish Gaelic: fear (gd) m, duine m
• Seimat: Template:t-simple
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: човјек m, мушкарац m

  Roman: čovjek (sh) m, muškarac (sh) m

• Sicilian: omu (scn) m
• Silesian German: Template:t-simple
• Silesian: chop m
• Sindhi: ماڻھو (māṇhū), مرد (mardu)
• Sinhalese: මිනිහා (minihā), මිනිසා (minisā), පුරුෂයා (si) (puruṣayā)
• Skolt Sami: Template:t-simple
• Slovak: muž (sk)
• Slovene: moški (sl) m, mož (sl) m
• Slovincian: χlʉ̀ɵ̯p m
• Somali: nin (so)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: muski m, muž m

  Upper Sorbian: muž (hsb) m

• Spanish: hombre (es) m, varón (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Template:t-simple
• Sundanese: Template:t-simple, lalaki (su)
• Swedish: man (sv), karl (sv) c
• Tagalog: lalaki (tl)
• Tahitian: Template:t-simple
• Tajik: мард (tg) (mard), одам (tg) (odam)
• Talysh: مرد (merd) (Asalemi)
• Tamil: ஆண் (ta) (āṇ)
• Taos: sə́onena
• Tatar: ир (tt) (ir), ир кеше (ir keşe)
• Telugu: పురుషుడు (te) (puruṣuḍu), మగవాడు (te) (magavāḍu)
• Tetum: Template:t-simple
• Thai: ผู้ชาย (th) (pûu-chaai), ชาย (th) (chaai)
• Tibetan: ཕོ (pho)
• Tigrinya: ሰብኣይ (säbʾay)
• Tok Pisin: Template:t-simple
• Tswana: Template:t-simple
• Tupinambá: Template:t-simple
• Turkish: adam (tr), erkek (tr)
• Turkmen: Template:t-simple, adam (tk), Template:t-simple
• Tuvaluan: Template:t-simple
• Tuvan: эр кижи (er kiji)
• Udmurt: пиосмурт (piosmurt), воргорон (vorgoron)
• Ukrainian: чолові́к (uk) m (čolovík), муж m (muž) (archaic or poetic)
• Urdu: آدمی (ur) m (ādmī), مرد m (mard), پرش m (puruṣ)
• Uyghur: ئەر (ug) (er), ئەر كىشى (er kishi)
• Uzbek: er (uz), kishi (uz), erkak kishi, erkak (uz), kishi (uz)
• Venetian: omo m
• Vietnamese: đàn ông (vi)
• Volapük: man (vo), Template:t-simple
• Vurës: atm̄ēn
• Võro: Template:t-simple
• Walloon: ome (wa) m
• Warlpiri: Template:t-simple
• Welsh: gŵr (cy) m, dyn (cy) m
• West Frisian: man c
• Western Apache: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Wolof: góor ji, góor (wo)
• Xhosa: Template:t-simple
• Yakut: эр киһи (er kihi), эр (er)
• Yiddish: מאַן m (man)
• Yoron: 男 (をぅいが, wuiga)
• Yoruba: o̩kùnrin
• Zay: Template:t-simple
• Zazaki: Template:t-simple
• Zhuang: Template:t-simple
• Zulu: indoda (zu) class 9/6, umlisa (zu) class 1/2
• ǃXóõ: tâa a̰a

piece in board games

• Basque: Template:t-simple
• Bulgarian: фигура (bg) f (figura)
• Dutch: pion (nl) m, speelstuk n
• Esperanto: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Estonian: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: pelinappula (fi), nappula (fi), äijä (fi) (colloquial), ukko (fi) (colloquial)
• French: pion (fr) m
• German: Stein (de) m, Spielfigur (de) f
• Greek: πιόνι (el) n (pióni), πούλι (el) n (poúli)
• Hungarian: paraszt (hu)
• Italian: pedina (it) f
• Japanese: いし (ja) (ishi), こま (ja) (koma)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

• Macedonian: човече n (čoveče)
• Norwegian: brikke m
• Polish: pionek (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: homenzinho (pt) m
• Russian: фигу́ра (ru) f (figúra)
• Spanish: peón (es) m
• Swedish: spelpjäs (sv) c, pjäs (sv) c
• Turkish: taş (tr)
• West Frisian: minske (fy) c
• Zazaki: Template:t-simple

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Central Sierra Miwok: ^{(please verify)} naŋˑa-
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} viro (io), ^{(please verify)} homo (io)
• Novial:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: ^{(please verify)} òme (oc)
• Pashto: ^{(please verify)} سړۍ f (saṛəy)
• Pitjantjatjara: ^{(please verify)} wati

Adjective

man (not comparable)

1. Only used in

Verb

1. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

   The ship 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.
6. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

Derived terms

• overman (verb)

Translations

to supply with staff or crew

• Afrikaans: beman
• Arabic: زود بالجند
• Dutch: bemannen (nl)
• Faroese: manna
• Finnish: täyttää (fi), miehittää (fi)
• German: bemannen
• Greek: επανδρώνω (el) (epandróno)
• Icelandic: manna
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 乗り組ませる (norikumaseru)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: ,

• Norwegian: bemanne
• Portuguese: tripular (pt)
• Spanish: tripular (es)
• Swedish: bemanna (sv)

to take up position in order to operate something

• Afrikaans: beman
• Dutch: bemannen (nl)
• Faroese: manna
• German: bemannen, besetzen (de)
• Icelandic: manna
• Japanese: 割り当てる (wariateru), 据える (ja) (sueru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: bemanne
• Portuguese: operar (pt)
• Spanish: reforzar (es) (military), guarnecer (es) (military), encargarse de (encargarse), operar (es)
• Swedish: bemanna (sv), bemanna (sv)
• Zazaki: merdımey

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} לאייש (le’aiesh), ^{(please verify)} לספק כוח אדם (le’sipek kokha adam)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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#|Citations:man]].

Translations

an interjection used to place emphasis upon something or someone

• Danish: mand (da)
• French: mec (fr) m (slang)
• Galician: ho (gl) m
• German: Mann (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cavolo (it) m
• Portuguese: cara (pt) m
• Russian: блин (ru) (blin), чёрт (ru) (čort)
• Thai: เพื่อน (th) (pʉ̂ʉan)

Statistics

• Template:rank

Anagrams

• AMN, MNA, ’Nam, ’nam, Nam

(deprecated template usage)

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch man.

Noun

man (plural mans or manne)

1. man
2. husband

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• Tosk: mën
• Gheg: mand, mandë

Etymology

Syncopated form of Gheg mand, from Proto-Albanian *manta.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /man/

Noun

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

1. mulberry, mulberry tree

Hyponyms

• man i bardhë ‘white mulberry’ (Morus alba)
• man i kuq ‘red mulberry’ (Morus rubra)
• man i zi ‘black mulberry’ (Morus nigra)
• man toke ‘wild strawberry’ (Fragoria vesca)

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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)

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Bagirmi

Noun

man

1. water

References

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

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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)

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Chinese

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

Etymology

English man.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛːn⁵⁵/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɛːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) man

1. (slang) manly; masculine

   • 而從審美的角度來看，李隆基絕對與美男子三個字無緣，但他卻有種很man的味道，吸引著女人的目光 [MSC, trad.]
     而从审美的角度来看，李隆基绝对与美男子三个字无缘，但他却有种很man的味道，吸引着女人的目光 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, 狐千月, 《大俠，跟我回現代》

     Ér cóng shěnměi de jiǎodù lái kàn, Lǐ Lóngjī juéduì yǔ měinánzǐ sān ge zì wúyuán, dàn tā què yǒu zhǒng hěn man de wèidào, xīyǐn zhe nǚrén de mùguāng [Pinyin]

     From the perspective of esthetics, Li Longji definitely has nothing to do with the word handsome, but he still has that hint of manliness, attracting women to look

   • 如果妳的他是很man的男人，那就恭喜妳啦！ [MSC, trad.]
     如果你的他是很man的男人，那就恭喜你啦！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2007, 李意昕, 《愛情36計》, page 155

     Rúguǒ nǐ de tā shì hěn man de nánrén, nà jiù gōngxǐ nǐ la! [Pinyin]

     If your "he" is a manly man, then congratulations!

   • 若夠MAN就直率地說出你就是討厭娘味的男人 [MSC, trad.]
     若够MAN就直率地说出你就是讨厌娘味的男人 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010, (deprecated template usage) 許常德, 《中年男人地下手記》, page 15

     ruò gòu MAN jiù zhíshuài de shuōchū nǐ jiùshì tǎoyàn niángwèi de nánrén [Pinyin]

     If you're manly enough, then candidly pronounce that you don't like sissy men.

   • (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.

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Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From English man.

Noun

man

1. man

Synonyms

• siwash

Antonyms

• klootchman

Adjective

man

1. male

Antonyms

• klootchman

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Chuukese

Noun

man

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

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Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /maːn/, [mæːˀn]

Noun

man c (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)

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

Declension

Declension of man

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	man	manen	maner	manerne
genitive	mans	manens	maners	manernes

Related terms

• manke c

Etymology 2

Same as mand (“man”), from Old Norse maðr (“man”). Transition to pronoun by German influence.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /man/, [man]

Pronoun

man

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

Etymology 3

See mane.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /maːn/, [mæːˀn]

Verb

man

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of mane

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• noicon

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑn

Etymology

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

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).

Related terms

• men

Anagrams

• nam

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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

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

Pronoun

man

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

Synonyms

• (standard): mann

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

man m (plural mans)

1. hand

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Gaikundi

Noun

man

1. foot

Further reading

• Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

man f (plural mans)

1. hand

Usage notes

• Man is a false friend, and does not mean man. The Galician word for man is home.

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German

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /man/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  audio (Austria):

  (file)

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -an
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: Mann

Etymology 1

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-. Originally the same word as Mann (“man”), which see for more. The same construct in Dutch men, 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 Middle Low German [Term?]. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in 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.

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German Low German

Etymology

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

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Gothic

Romanization

man

1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

• (female slave): ambátt

Derived terms

• mansal
• mansmaður

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

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

Noun

man n (indeclinable)

1. (biblical, obsolete) manna

Synonyms

• (manna): 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 remembers

   Hann man hvað gerðist.

   He remembers what happened.

References

• “man” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

man m

1. hand

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Japanese

Romanization

man

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

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Kurdish

Verb

1. to stay
2. to remain

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

man f (plural mans)

1. hand

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Latvian

Pronoun

man

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

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [maŋ]

Noun

man f (plural moæn)

1. hand

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [man]

Pronoun

mán

1. Template:lt-form-pronoun

   Duok man tą knygą.

   Give me that book.

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Lojban

Rafsi

1. Rafsi of manku.

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Luxembourgish

Verb

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

1. (regional, southern dialects) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of maachen

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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.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

man m

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: man

Further reading

• “man”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “man (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Norman

Alternative forms

• main (Jersey)
• môin (Guernsey)

Etymology 1

From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

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”)

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mīn.

Pronoun

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

1. (Föhr-Amrum) my

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɑn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: mann
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑn

Pronoun

man

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɑːn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

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

1. a mane (of a horse)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. mane (of a horse)

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan man, from Latin manus.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ma]

Noun

man f (plural mans)

1. hand

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-. Compare Old Saxon man, Old High German man, Old Frisian man, mon, Old English mann, Old Norse maðr.

Noun

man m

1. human, person
2. man

Declension

Declension of man

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

Descendants

• Dutch: man

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Old English

Etymology 1

From mann.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɑn/

Pronoun

man

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɑːn/

Noun

mān n

1. crime, sin, wickedness

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Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

man m

1. man

Descendants

• Middle High German: man
  • German: Mann
• Mòcheno: mònn

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

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

1. hand (anatomy)

Descendants

• Catalan: mà
• Occitan: man

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 285

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-. Compare Old English mann, Old Frisian man, mon, Old Dutch man, Old High German man, Old Norse maðr.

Noun

man m

1. human, person
2. man

Synonyms

• helith
• gumo
• rink

• seg
• wer

Descendants

• German Low German: Mann

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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.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish maþer, mander, from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  audio:

  (file)

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈman/

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

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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 Old Swedish man, from Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō, from Proto-Indo-European *mono-, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːn/

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

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Tagalog

Adverb

man

1. although; even if; even though
2. also

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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)

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English man.

Noun

man

1. man (adult male human)
   • Template:tpi-cite-bible

Adjective

man

1. male

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Antonyms

• meri

Derived terms

• bigman
• konman
• manmeri
• paniman

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English man.

Noun

man

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

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin manus. Compare Italian mano.

Noun

man f (invariable)

1. hand

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: mang

Numeral

man

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

   một man

   ten thousand

Derived terms

• cơ man (“a large quantity of”)

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Volapük

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [man]

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

• vom

Derived terms

Terms derived from man

• dolafulaman
• lüodaman
• manadigöf
• manafied
• manageilot
• manageilotik
• manajit
• manaklot
• manaklotem

• manalien (tribütabima)
• manalunot
• manamod
• manamodo
• mananam
• mananäm
• manapenät
• manapörträt
• mandragoramanil
• manef

• manik
• manil
• manisasen
• man maleditilik
• manüp
• man vönädaleguda
• miligaman
• pödaman
• pösod manik
• visoman
• vöd manik

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /man/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio:

  (file)

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.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-. Compare Dutch and English man, German Mann, Danish mand.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mɔn/

Noun

man (plural manlju or mannen)

1. man
2. husband

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Wik-Mungkan

Noun

man

1. neck

Derived terms

• man awal
• man ngaat
• man poonchal

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Wolof

Pronoun

man

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Wolof personal pronouns

	singular subject	plural subject	singular object	plural object
1st person	man	nun	ma	nu
2nd person	yow	yeen	la	leen
3rd person	moom	ñoom	ko	leen

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Yola

Noun

man

1. man
2. husband

Antonyms

• mawen, mawn

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)