Man
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "man"
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From man.
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man
- The genus Homo.
- (poetic) Humankind in general.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
Translations
[edit]genus Homo
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Irish Mana, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man
- The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
- 1860, William Mackenzie, editor, Legislation by Three of the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man. […], Douglas, Isle of Man: […] [T]he Manx Society, page 191:
- And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man.
Etymology 3
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man
- Abbreviation of Manitoba.
Etymology 4
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man (plural Mans)
- A surname from Chinese.
Etymology 5
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man (plural Mans)
- A surname from Chinese.
Etymology 6
[edit]Clipping of Manchester.
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man
- Abbreviation of Manchester (especially in football)
Derived terms
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Man n
- Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Holonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Man (eiland) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Anagrams
[edit]North Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- maan (Föhr-Amrum)
- moon (Mooring)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man
- Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Man
- Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Related terms
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 萬/万 (Maan6), via English Man.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈman/ [ˈman̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Man
Proper noun
[edit]Man (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)
- a surname from Cantonese
Categories:
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æn
- Rhymes:English/æn/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English poetic terms
- English terms with quotations
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- en:Islands
- en:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- en:Places in the United Kingdom
- English abbreviations
- English terms borrowed from Cantonese
- English terms derived from Cantonese
- English surnames
- English surnames from Chinese
- English clippings
- Dutch terms derived from Old Irish
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Isle of Man
- nl:Islands
- nl:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- nl:Places in the United Kingdom
- North Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- North Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- North Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- North Frisian lemmas
- North Frisian nouns
- North Frisian masculine nouns
- Sylt North Frisian
- frr:Human
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Isle of Man
- nb:Islands
- nb:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- nb:Places in the United Kingdom
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Isle of Man
- nn:Islands
- nn:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- nn:Places in the United Kingdom
- Tagalog terms derived from Cantonese
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Cantonese