Man
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See also: man and Appendix:Variations of "man"
English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From man
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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 483591931, 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”).
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Man
- The Isle of Man; an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
Etymology 3[edit]
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Man
- Abbreviation of Manitoba.
Etymology 4[edit]
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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.
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Man
- Abbreviation of Manchester (especially in football)
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Audio (file)
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Man n
- Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
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Man (eiland) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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North Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
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Man m (plural Maaner)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
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Man
- Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Man
- Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
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Tagalog[edit]
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Man
- A surname, from Cantonese of Chinese origin.
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