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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Interjection 1.6.1 Quotations 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.3.2 Related terms 4 Faroese 4.1 Verb 4.1.1 Derived terms 4.2 Pronoun 4.2.1 Synonyms 5 Friulian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Galician 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 German 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Pronoun 8 Icelandic 8.1 Noun 8.2 Verb 9 Japanese 9.1 Noun 10 Kurdish 10.1 Verb 11 Lithuanian 11.1 Pronoun 12 Low Saxon 12.1 Conjunction 12.1.1 Synonyms 13 Mandarin 13.1 Pinyin syllable 13.1.1 Usage notes 14 Norwegian 14.1 Pronoun 14.2 Noun 15 Occitan 15.1 Etymology 15.2 Pronunciation 15.3 Noun 16 Old English 16.1 Etymology 1 16.1.1 Pronunciation 16.1.2 Pronoun 16.2 Etymology 2 16.2.1 Pronunciation 16.2.2 Noun 17 Swedish 17.1 Pronunciation 17.2 Noun 17.3 Pronoun 18 Tok Pisin 18.1 Etymology 18.2 Noun 18.2.1 Antonyms 18.2.2 Derived terms 19 Torres Strait Creole 19.1 Etymology 19.2 Noun 20 Welsh 20.1 Adverb 21 Wik-Mungkan 21.1 Noun 21.1.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English mann. Cognates include Swedish man, Norwegian mann, Faroese maður, Icelandic maður, Danish mand, German Mann, Dutch man.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæn/, SAMPA: /m{n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -æn

[edit] Noun

man (plural men)

1. An adult male human.
2. A mensch; a person of integrity and honor.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He's more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house...

3. An abstract person; any man or woman.

   every man for himself

4. (collective) All humans collectively; mankind. Also Man.

   prehistoric man

5. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

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• (adult male human): omi (Polari)

[edit] Antonyms

• woman
• boy

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[edit] Verb

to man (third-person singular simple present mans, present participle manning, simple past and past participle manned)

1. (transitive) To supply with staff or crew (of either sex).

   The shipped was manned with a small crew.

2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate something.

   Man the lifeboats!

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• overman v

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[edit] See also

• boy
• male

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man

1. An interjection used to place emphasis upon something or someone.

   Man, that was a great catch!

   (Geordie) Hoo man woman!

   (Geordie) Giv'is a bottle of dog man!

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Noun

man m.

1. mulberry tree

[edit] Verb

man

1. to feed
2. to fatten

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• maj = I feed

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[edit] Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

[edit] Pronunciation

• [man] ^(help·info)
• IPA: /mɑn/

[edit] Etymology

Germanic, cognate with English man, German Mann.

[edit] Noun

man m. (plural mannen, diminutive mannetje)

also has Archaic plurals: lieden and lui

1. man human male, either adult or age-irrespective

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

2. husband, male spouse

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alleman andermans m. belleman m. bemannen, bemanning Bosjesman m. drieman m. edelman m.

grietman m. hoofdman m. iemand kiesman m. koopman m. landsman m. leenman m.

mandag mangat n. manhaftig mankracht mannelijk manschap m. manuur n. meerman m. melkman m.

niemand m. ontmannen overmannen raadsman m. speelman m. tienman m. vakman m. voorman m. weerman m. zeeman m.

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• men

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[edit] Faroese

munna, v
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	man	manst	man	munnu/munna
Past	mundi	mundi	mundi	mundu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	— !	—	— !
Infinitive	munna
Pres. part.	—
Past part.	—
Supine	munnað

[edit] Verb

man

1. First and third person singular present of munna.

   I, he, she, it will / may

[edit] Derived terms

• tað man vera (so) - this may be (so)
• tað man óivað vera beinari - this will doubtless be more correct

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man

1. (colloquial) one, they (indefinite third person singular pronoun)

[edit] Synonyms

• (standard): mann

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[edit] Friulian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus.

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man m. (plural mans)

1. hand

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Sardinian manu, Spanish mano.

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man f.

1. hand

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio (Austria)^{help, file}

[edit] Pronoun

man

1. (indefinite) one, they (indefinite third person singular pronoun)

   was man sehen kann — what one can see

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[edit] Icelandic

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man n.

1. maid

[edit] Verb

man

1. Past, first person of the verb of að muna. I remember

   Ég man ekki.

   I don't remember.

2. Past, third person of the verb of að muna. he/she/it remembered

   Hann man hvað gerðist.

   He remembered what happened.

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[edit] Japanese

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man (hiragana まん)

1. 万, 萬: ten thousand
2. マン: man

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Verb

man

1. to stay
2. to remain

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