humane

English

Etymology

Variant form of human, now preserved in specialized senses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

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Adjective

humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)

1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.

   It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.

   As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.

2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:

     many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself.

3. Obsolete spelling of human.

Synonyms

• mankindly

Antonyms

• inhuman, inhumane

Derived terms

• humanely

Related terms

• human
• humanist
• humanitarian
• humanity

 

Translations

with regard for the health and well-being of another

• Armenian: մարդկային (hy) (mardkayin)
• Bulgarian: хуманен (bg) (humanen), човечен (bg) (čovečen)
• Catalan: humà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有人情 (zh) (yoǔrénqíng), 人道的 (zh) (réndào de)

• Dutch: humaan (nl)
• Esperanto: humana, homama
• Estonian: inimlik
• Finnish: inhimillinen (fi)
• Georgian: ჰუმანური (humanuri)
• German: human (de), menschlich (de)
• Hebrew: אנושי (he) (enoshí)
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• Icelandic: mannúðlegur (is)
• Irish: Críostúil, daonna, daonnachtúil
• Japanese: 人道的 (ja) (じんどうてき, jintōteki)
• Kalmyk: аврңһу (avrñğu)
• Latvian: cilvēcīgs, humāns
• Old English: mennisċlīċ
• Polish: ludzki (pl) m, humanitarny (pl) m
• Portuguese: humano (pt)
• Romanian: omenos (ro), uman (ro)
• Russian: челове́чный (ru) (čelovéčnyj), гума́нный (ru) (gumánnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: truacanta
• Spanish: humano (es)
• Swedish: human (sv)
• Ukrainian: гума́нний (humánnyj)

Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities

• Bulgarian: хуманитарен (humanitaren)
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References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “humane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Humean

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Danish

Adjective

humane

1. definite singular of human
2. plural of human

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huˈmane/
• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ne

Adverb

humane

1. humanely

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German

Adjective

humane

1. inflection of human:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Latin

Etymology

From hūmānus (“humane, noble”)

Adverb

hūmānē (comparative hūmānius, superlative hūmānissimē)

1. humanly, in a human manner.
2. humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.

Synonyms

• (humanly): hūmāniter, hūmānitus
• (humanely): hūmāniter, hūmānitus

Related terms

• hūmāna
• hūmānitas
• hūmāniter
• hūmānitus

• hūmānō
• hūmānum
• hūmānus

References

• “humane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “humane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• humane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bear a thing with resignation, composure: humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquid
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

humane

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of human
2. plural of human

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

humane

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of human
2. plural of human

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Spanish

Verb

humane

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of humanar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of humanar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of humanar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of humanar.

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Swedish

Adjective

humane

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of human