Man

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

From man.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Man

  1. The genus Homo.
  2. (poetic) Humankind in general.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
      The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Irish Mana, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Man

  1. The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
    • 1860, William Mackenzie, editor, Legislation by Three of the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man. , Douglas, Isle of Man: he Manx Society, page 191:
      And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Man

  1. Abbreviation of Manitoba.

Etymology 4

From Cantonese 文 (man4).

Proper noun

Man (plural Mans)

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Etymology 5

From Cantonese 萬／万 (maan6).

Proper noun

Man (plural Mans)

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Etymology 6

Clipping of Manchester.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Man

  1. Abbreviation of Manchester (especially in football)
Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Man
Isle of Man

Etymology

From Old Irish Mana.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Man n

  1. Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Holonyms

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Anagrams

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Man m (plural Maaner) (Sylt)

  1. man (adult male human)
  2. husband

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
Coat of arms of the Isle of Man

Proper noun

Man

  1. Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Man

  1. Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Cantonese 萬／万 (Maan6), via English Man.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Man (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Cantonese
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