humankind

English

Etymology

From human +‎ -kind.

Noun

humankind (usually uncountable, plural humankinds)

1. The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.

Usage notes

• "Mankind" is more common than "humankind", but "humanity" is more common than both of them combined, according to Google N-grams.

Synonyms

• the human race
• mankind
• humanity
• Homo sapiens
• See also Thesaurus:humankind

Translations

human race — see mankind

mankind; humanity — see human race

the human race

• Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek)
• Belarusian: чалаве́цтва n (čalavjéctva)
• Bulgarian: чове́чество n (čovéčestvo)
• Burmese: လူသား (my) (lusa:)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: lidstvo (cs) n
• Dutch: mensheid (nl) f, mensdom (nl) n
• Finnish: ihmiskunta (fi)
• French: humanité (fr) f, genre humain (fr)
• Georgian: კაცობრიობა (ḳacobrioba), ადამიანთა მოდგმა (adamianta modgma)
• German: Menschheit (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνθρώπινον γένος n (anthrṓpinon génos)

• Hindi: मानवता (hi) f (mānavtā)
• Japanese: 人類 (ja) (jinrui)
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• Korean: 인류 (ko) (illyu)
• Latvian: cilvēce f
• Macedonian: чо́вештво n (čóveštvo)
• Portuguese: humanidade (pt) f
• Russian: челове́чество (ru) n (čelovéčestvo)
• Slovak: ľudstvo n
• Slovene: človeštvo (sl) n
• Spanish: humanidad (es) f, género humano f, raza humana f
• Swedish: människosläkt c, mänsklighet (sv) c (used only in the definite form)
• Telugu: నరులు (te) (narulu)
• Turkish: kişioğlu (tr)
• Ukrainian: лю́дство n (ljúdstvo)
• Vietnamese: loài người (vi), nhân loại (vi)
• Zulu: isintu (zu) class 7/8