man
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mæn/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [mɛən], [meən], [mẽə̃n]
- (Jamaica) IPA(key): [mɑn]
- (New Zealand, parts of South Africa) IPA(key): [mɛn]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1
From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-Germanic *mann- m (“human being, man”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“man”) (compare also *men- (“mind”)). Cognate with West Frisian man c, Dutch man m, German Mann m (“man”), Norwegian mann (“man”), Old Swedish maþer m (“man”), Swedish man c, Russian муж m anim (muž, “husband, male person”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬱 (manuš), Sanskrit मनु m (manu, “human being”), Urdu مانس m and Hindi मानस m (mānas).
Noun
man (plural men)
- 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.”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
- (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.
- 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, p.109:
- 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.
- 1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: Printed by A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC; republished as Geoffrey Keynes, edited by John Sparrow, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: […], Cambridge: At the University Press, 1923, →OCLC, page 98, lines 2–3:
- No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
- 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?
- (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
- 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.
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
- 1647, Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology →ISBN, p.68:
- The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
- 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology →ISBN, p.68:
- (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.
- c. 1500 A Gest of Robyn Hode, in the Child Ballads:
- 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, 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 […].
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- (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, / […]
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour
- 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.
- Book of Common Prayer:
- A lover; a boyfriend.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, p.553:
- "She's the man for the job."
- 2008, Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season →ISBN, 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, p.34:
- He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man.
- 2007, Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night →ISBN, p.553:
- 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.
- 1909, Harper's Weekly, Vol.53, p.iii:
- 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.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- 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.
- 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, p.4:
- (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.
- 2011, Top Boy:
- 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!
- A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
- Hey, man, how's it goin'?
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
- "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
- 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
Usage notes
- The use of “man” (compare Old English: mann, wer, wīf) 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.[1] Critics claim that 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”,[1] “flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race”.[2] 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.[3] Some style guides recommend against generic “man”,[4] 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.[2]
- This generic usage is still well-preserved in certain dialects, pidgins, and creoles of English, as well as fixed expressions and certain religious documents and declarations such as the Nicene Creed (e.g. "...for us men and our salvation..."). Consideration of this has often led to accusations of the critics of the generic man as enforcing linguistic prescriptivism.
- See also the man
Synonyms
- (adult male human): male; omi (Polari); see more at Thesaurus:man
- (person): human, person, see more at Thesaurus:person
- (board game piece): see Thesaurus:board game piece
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- airman
- anchor man
- bad man
- barman
- best man
- black man
- caveman
- common man
- company man
- con man
- crossbowman
- dead man
- dead men's shoes
- dirty old man
- Earthman
- family man
- fireman
- fogman
- foreman
- frogman
- frontman
- gentleman
- government man
- headman
- hitman
- hype man
- it's a man's world
- kept man
- lady's man
- -man
- man among men
- manbote
- manface
- manful
- manhood
- mankind
- manlet
- man-mark
- mannish
- manly
- man of action
- man of God
- man of science
- man of the cloth
- man of the people
- man of the world
- man of war
- man on
- manpower
- manred
- man's man
- manship
- mantrap/man-trap/man trap
- Marlboro Man
- merman
- mountain man
- old man
- once a man, twice a child
- one-man band
- overman
- pan man
- policeman
- railwayman
- renaissance man
- seaman
- sectionman
- see a man about a dog
- sideman
- signalman
- snowman
- straight man
- straw man
- strong man
- stunt man
- the man
- towerman
- underman
- waterman
- white man
- wild man
- woman
- yes-man
Translations
See also
- Old English: mann, wer, wīf.
Adjective
man (not comparable)
- Only used in man enough
Interjection
man
- Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
- Man, that was a great catch!
- 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The 19 meandering minutes of Dark Star are attractive enough but, man, they go on, while poor Creedence Clearwater Revival – headliners, with Bad Moon Rising still in the charts – are watching the clock tick in the wings.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English mannen, from Old English mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”). Cognate with Dutch bemannen (“to man”), German bemannen (“to man”), Swedish bemanna (“to man”), Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, man”).
Verb
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- (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
- The ship was manned with a small crew.
- (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
- Man the machine guns!
- (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
- 1876, Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies:
- (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
- (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Derived terms
Translations
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “man”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary, 5th edition
- ^ Purdue OWL
Further reading
- "man" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 188.
Anagrams
Abinomn
Noun
man
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch man, from Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann.
Pronunciation
Noun
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Syncopated form of Gheg mand, from Proto-Albanian *manta. Compare Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble”), said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort, and μαντία (mantía, “blackberry”) (Dacian loan).
Pronunciation
Noun
man m (plural mana, definite mani, definite plural manat)
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)
Arigidi
Pronoun
man
- 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)
Bagirmi
Noun
man
References
- R. C. Stevenson, Bagirmi Grammar (1969)
Bariai
Noun
man
References
- Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)
Bonggo
Noun
man
References
- George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) man
- (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.]
- 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
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.]- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Noun
man
Synonyms
Antonyms
Adjective
man
Antonyms
Chuukese
Noun
man
- Alternative spelling of maan
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).
Noun
man m (Tredici Comuni)
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
man c (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)
- mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse)
Declension
Related terms
- manke c
Etymology 2
Same as mand (“man”), from Old Norse maðr (“man”). Transition to pronoun by German influence.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
man
Etymology 3
See mane.
Pronunciation
Verb
man
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
Noun
man m (plural mannen or man or mans, diminutive mannetje n or manneke n or manneken n)
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.”) The plural mans is dated, now mostly occurring in nautical contexts or in dialect.
- 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).
- Various alternative diminutives exist, including manneke (used especially in Flanders) and the dialectal mannechie.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: man
Anagrams
Faroese
Verb
man
Conjugation
Conjugation of munna (irregular) | ||
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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
- (colloquial) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)
Synonyms
- (standard): mann
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
man m (plural mans)
Gaikundi
Noun
man
Further reading
Galician
Alternative forms
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)
Usage notes
- Man is a false friend, and does not mean man. The Galician word for man is home.
German
Pronunciation
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
- one, you (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.
- 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?
- Kann man es fühlen, wenn man schwanger ist?
- Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will.
- they, people (people in general)
- Zumindest sagt man das so...
- At least that’s what they say...
- Zumindest sagt man das so...
- someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
- they (some unspecified group of people)
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.
- In the sense of “someone,” man is often translated using the passive voice (“I was told that...” rather than “someone told me that...”).
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).
Adverb
man
- (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.
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
- (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
Gothic
Romanization
man
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse man, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (with unstressed prefix *ga-).
Noun
man n (genitive singular mans, nominative plural mön)
- (obsolete, uncountable, collective) slaves
- (archaic, countable) a female slave
- (archaic or poetic, countable) maiden
Declension
Synonyms
- (female slave): ambátt
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From mana (“to dare [someone] [to do something]”).
Noun
man n (genitive singular mans, no plural)
- the act of daring someone to do something; provocation, dare
Declension
Etymology 3
Appears in Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s 1584 Bible translation. Borrowed from German Man (in Luther’s 1534 German Bible), from Hebrew מן (mān, “manna”).
Noun
man n (indeclinable)
- (biblical, obsolete) manna
- 1584, Guðbrandur Þorláksson (translator), “Exodus. Aunnur Bok Moſe”, in Biblia, Þad Er Øll Heiloͤg Ritning vtloͤgd a Norrænu[2], Hólar: Jón Jónsson, chapter 16, verse 33, page 76:
- Og Moſes ſegde til Aaron / Tak þier eina Føtu / og legg eirn Gomor fullan af Man þar i / og lꜳt þad vardueitaſt fyrer DROTTNI til ydar ep[t]erkomande Kynkuijſla
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
- (manna): manna
Etymology 4
Verb
man
- first-person singular present indicative of muna; I remember
- Ég man ekki.
- I don't remember.
- 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.)
Istriot
Etymology
Noun
man m
Japanese
Romanization
man
Kurdish
Verb
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Ladin
Etymology
Noun
man f (plural mans)
Latvian
Pronoun
man
- to me; (deprecated template usage) dative singular form of es
Ligurian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
man f (plural moæn)
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mán
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Verb
man (third-person singular present meet, past participle gemat or gemeet, auxiliary verb hunn)
Mandarin
Romanization
man
- Nonstandard spelling of mān.
- Nonstandard spelling of mán.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǎn.
- 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.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
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
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English man (“one, a person”).
Alternative forms
Pronoun
man
Derived terms
See also
References
- “man (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
- “men (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Etymology 2
From Old English mann.
Noun
man
- Alternative form of mon
Miskito
Pronunciation
Pronoun
man
See also
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.
Noun
man f (plural mans)
Etymology 2
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Adjective
man (feminine ma)
- my (belonging to me)
Coordinate terms
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mīn.
Pronoun
man m (feminine min, neuter min, plural min)
- (Föhr-Amrum) my
Northern Sami
Pronoun
man
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Pronoun
man
Pronunciation
Noun
man f or m (definite singular mana or manen, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)
- a mane (of a horse)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
man f (definite singular mana, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)
- mane (of a horse)
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan man, from Latin manus.
Pronunciation
Noun
man f (plural mans)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.
Noun
man m
Inflection
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “man (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology 1
From mann.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
man
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *mainą. Cognate with Old Saxon mēn, Old High German mein, Old Norse mein.
Pronunciation
Noun
mān n
Derived terms
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
Descendants
- Middle High German: man
Old Norse
Noun
man n (genitive mans, plural mǫn)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: man
References
- “man”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Occitan
Etymology
Noun
man f (oblique plural mans, nominative singular man, nominative plural mans)
- hand (anatomy)
Descendants
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: invalid volume number
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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
Synonyms
Descendants
Papiamentu
Etymology
Noun
man
Scottish Gaelic
Preposition
man
- Alternative form of mar
Usage notes
- Unlike mar, man does not lenite the following word.
Spanish
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English
Noun
man m (plural men)
- (Latin America, colloquial) man, guy, dude
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
man
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish maþer, mander, from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.
Pronunciation
Noun
man c
- man (adult male human)
- En man går på gatan.
- A man walks on the street.
- Ungefär hundra män deltog i loppet.
- Around one hundred men took part in the race.
- husband
- Vi går till caféet med våra män.
- We go to the café with our husbands.
- 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 | ||||
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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 |
See also
Usage notes
(adult male human): The unchanged plural man is sometimes used after numerals. It means "men" as a measure for size or strength of a group rather than individuals:
- Med tre man kan vi lyfta byrån ― With three people we can lift the cupboard
- Military or police personnel, team members, demonstrators and the like are often counted using this unchanged plural. The same goes with German where Mann can have an unchanged plural form in this particular case.
(husband): Not used in other contexts, where could be confused with a man in general.
Pronoun
man c
- (indefinite) one, they; people in general
- Vad man kan se
- What one can see
Declension
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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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 |
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
Noun
man c
- 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 |
Tagalog
Adverb
man
Tarpia
Noun
man
References
- George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
man
- man (adult male human)
Adjective
man
Antonyms
Derived terms
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
Noun
man
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin manus. Compare Italian mano.
Noun
man f (invariable)
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 萬 (“ten thousand”, SV: vạn). Doublet of muôn and vạn.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
- Homophone: mang
Numeral
man
- (archaic) ten thousand; myriad
- một man
- ten thousand
- một man
Derived terms
- cơ man (“a large quantity of”)
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English man (compare Dutch: man, Swedish: man, Norwegian: mann, German: Mann, German Low German: Mann, Yiddish: מאַן (man, “man”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
man (nominative plural mans)
- man (adult male human)
Declension
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
man m or f (plural mannau)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Pronunciation
Noun
man c (plural manlju or mannen, diminutive mantsje)
Further reading
- “man (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Westrobothnian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Conjunction
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- meanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
- tyst man jag sȯf
- be quiet while I sleep
- tyst man jag sȯf
Alternative forms
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Wik-Mungkan
Noun
man
Derived terms
Wolof
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
man
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
See also
Yola
Noun
man
Antonyms
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)
Zealandic
Etymology
From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
man m (plural mannen)
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