Man
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English
Etymology
Middle English man, from Old English mann "person, man, (some)one", from common base Germanic *manna-. The pre-Germanic origins are not known. It is believed that there is an Indo-European root though there is disagreement as to what this is, whether *man- or *mon-. This idea comes from the cognate in Sanskrit मनु or manu, which refers, like man, to the original human being or to mankind in general.
Some believe that this root derives from an Indo-European base word for mind (possibly from *men- "to think"). Additionally, Germanic words for man, referred to human beings and were modified to denote sex. But during the middle ages all Germanic languages have lost this ability and mean both all humans or males exclusively. A similar development occurred in the development of Romance languages, with homo replacing vir as a reference to males in post-Classical Latin.
Pronunciation
| IPA | SAMPA |
|---|---|
| /mæn/ | /m{n/ |
Noun
man (plural: men)
- An adult male human.
- (Man) The species Homo sapiens.
- A piece used in board games such as draughts (checkers) or chess.
Translations
- Basque: gizon, gizaseme, gizonki
- Breton: gwaz m, den m (1), den (2)
- Bulgarian: мъж m (mŭž, 1), човек m (čovek, 2), фигура f (figura, 3)
- Catalan: home m (ca) , m, baró (1), home m, humà m (2)
- Chinese: 男人 (nánrén, 1), 人 (rén, 2)
- Czech: muž m (1), pán m (1), člověk m (2)
- Danish: mand (1), menneske (2)
- Dutch: man m (1), heer m (1), de mens m (2)
- Esperanto: viro (1), ulo (1), homo (2)
- Estonian: mees, meesterahvas (1), inimene (2), nupp (3)
- Fijian: turaga (1) (Vosa Vaka Viti)
- Finnish: mies (1); ihminen (2); nappula, pelinappula (3)
- French: homme m (1, 2)
- Frisian: man m (1)
- Georgian: კაცი (k’aci)
- German: Mann m (de) (1), Herr m (1), Mensch m (2), Stein m (3), Spielfigur f (3)
- Greek, Ancient: ἀνήρ (anēr, 1), ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, 2)
- Greek, Modern: άντρας m (andras, 1), άνθρωπος m (anthropos, 2)
- Guarani: ava (1,2); yvypóra (2)
- Hawaiian: kanaka, kāne
- Hebrew: אדם (A'dam) m (1);גבר (Ge'ver) (1); אנושות (E'no'shut) (2);
- Hindi: आदमी (aadamii)
- Hungarian: férfi (1), ember (2)
- Icelandic: maður (1), menn (2)
- Indonesian: pria / laki-laki (1), orang / manusia (2)
- Interlingua: homine (1, 2); viro (1); esser human (2), humano (2)
- Italian: uomo m (1)
- Japanese: 男 (おとこ, otoko) / 男性 (だんせい, dansei) (1), 人 (ひと, hito) / 人間 (にんげん, nin-gen) (2)
- Korean: 사람 (saram) (1), 남자 (namja) (2)
- Latin: vir, -i m (1), homo, -inis m (2)
- Lojban: nanmu (1), remna (2)
- Occitan: òme
- Persian: مَرد (mærd) (1); مَردُم (mærdom) (2)
- Pitjantjatjara: wati
- Polari: omi
- Polish: mężczyzna m (1), człowiek m (2), pionek m (3)
- Portuguese: homem m (1, 2); varão m (1); ser humano m (2), humano (2)
- Romanian: om m (1, 2)
- Romanica: homine m (1,2); viro m (1); esser humano m (2), humano m(2)
- Russian: мужчина (mužčina, 1) m, человек (čelovek, 2) m
- Slovak: muž (1), človek (2)
- Slovene: moški m (1), mož m (1), človek m (2)
- Spanish: varón m, hombre m (1); hombre m (2)
- Swedish: man (1), människa (2)
- Tamazight: argaz m
- Tok Pisin: man (1)
- Tupinambá: abá (1, 2)
- Turkish: adam (1), erkek(1), insan (2), taş (3)
Derived terms
See also
Dutch
Noun
man (plural: mannen, diminutive: mannetje, plural diminutive: mannetjes)
Translations
- English: man
German
Indefinite pronoun
man
Swedish
Noun
man m (pl: män, def sing mannen, def pl männen)
- man (adult male human)
Noun
man c (pl manar, def sing manen, def pl manarna)
- mane (the hair of a horse or male lion)
Indefinite pronoun
man
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- vad man kan se - what one can see
Tok Pisin
Etymology
English man
Noun
man
- Man (adult male human)
